Early Film Regulation and Censorship

During the early 1920's to late 1930's, the film era underwent trough a series of censorship issues. The Hays Code was the major censorship regulator during the early 1930's. However, there were some films that manage to depict certain scenes that might have slipped trough the censors. Though the code is no longer existent, this scene from "Clean As a Whistle" (1930) shows something that might have been deemed explicit for its time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aezgQNxVHbY

Here are clips from other films that contained considerably strong forms of sexuality at the time.