Barbara Stanwyck & Joan Blondell In Lingerie - With Skeleton

A still from the film Night Nurse:

Strong pre-Code film has (for 1931) strong dialogue, Stanwyck and Joan Blondell in their underwear, alcoholism, nymphomania, attempted rape, child abuse and Clark Gable (without his mustache) slugging Stanwyck unconscious.

Discover more about the power of scantily clad women in horror movies here.

For more on the Hollywood code, see my post on Complicated Women: Sex & Power in Pre-Code Hollywood.