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In the first sentence of the article the film is described as pre-code, but then later in the 'Other scenes and jokes' section, a joke is described which made fun of the code. According to the [Hays_Code] article the code started in 1930, and this movie is 1933, so that surely means it can't be considered a pre-code movie?
I am WP:BOLD and removing pre-code from the first sentence.
@GeneralJohnsonJameson: Someone put the erroneous "Pre-Code" back in, so I deleted it again. Per Pre-Code article, "...the pre-Code era is either dated to the start of the sound film era, or more generally to March 1930..." Acwilson9 (talk) 19:25, 3 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
See Pre-Code Hollywood, which states: "Pre-Code Hollywood was the brief era in the American film industry between the widespread adoption of sound in pictures in 1929 and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship guidelines, popularly known as the 'Hays Code', in mid-1934. Although the Code was adopted in 1930, oversight was poor, and it did not become rigorously enforced until July 1, 1934, with the establishment of the Production Code Administration (PCA)." The Code existed in 1933, but it wasn't taken seriously until the following year. By common understanding, a 1933 film would be Pre-Code -- although not much in the Marx Brothers' pre-1934 films would have required changing had the Code been in place. --Metropolitan90(talk) 03:15, 24 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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