Leland asks the question,
"Would a Hipster Hit a Lady?"
Yes
And She Likes It!
Red-Headed Woman (1932)
begins with Harlow seducing her boss Bill LeGendre and intentionally breaking up his marriage. During her seductions, he tries to resist and slaps her, at which point she looks at him deliriously and replies
"Do it again, I like it! Do it again!"
My Last blog
was dedicated
to
Men.
Public Enemy (1931)
James Cagney explodes on the screen in one of his most famous roles as a notorious criminal.
This is the film with the infamous "grapefruit scene."
Ladies, this one is for you.
Introducing...
The "pre-Code era."
"When people are stupid and try to drag me down…I just think of Missy…
who has no fucks to give."
It refers to a roughly five-year period in film history,
beginning with the widespread adoption of sound in 1929 and ending on July 1, 1934 ,
with the inauguration of the Production Code Administration and a policy of rigid censorship.
Before July 1, 1934 , restrictions on movie content varied widely, depending on local laws, mores and public taste.
As a result, "pre-Code films" tend to be
racier, sexier, more adult, more cynical, more socially critical, more honest and more politically strident
than the films produced by Hollywood
http://www.greencine.com/static/primers/precode.jsp
The “Yum Yum” scene from Ball of Fire (1941)
They have the capacity to take viewers by surprise,
by virtue of their honesty but also simply because they weren't made according to a prescribed formula.
They startle us with their modernity.
Women in pre-Codes,
for example, act recognizably like women –
independent, shrewd and worldly - and not like the bubbleheads, girls next door, martyrs and rueful sluts you often find in American film through the early 1960s.
Palmy Days (1931)
Though the reformers considered pre-Codes immoral,
Hollywood, in fact, never made so many films directly concerned with morality as in the pre-Code era.
The difference was that the reformers didn't want morals to be examined,
debated,
discussed
or
discovered.
They wanted them to be accepted blindly.
A Farewell Pre-Code Woman Tribute Video
"Breathe Me" Sia
"Breathe Me" Sia
ONE MORE FOR THE BOYS
"Here's looking at you kid...."
"the longer they no, the harder they yes"
Ladies, An era must come to an end...
….the maxim was that
"any theme must contain at least sufficient good in the story
to compensate for,
and to counteract, any evil which relates..” (Doherty 11)
Hollywood could present evil behavior, but only if it were eradicated by the end of the film,
"with the guilty punished, and the sinner redeemed."
Doherty, Thomas Patrick. Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema 1930-1934
www.scribd.com/.../Pre-Code-Hollywood-Sex-Immorality-And-Insurrection-in-American-Cinema-1930-1934-0231110944
What Ever Happened To Class?
Clips taken from these films.....
Clips taken from these films.....
1) The Stolen Jools (short, 1931)
2) It Happened One Night (1934)
3) The Scarlet Empress (1934)
4) Alice Adams ('35)
5) The Garden Of Allah ('36)
6) The Women ('39)
7) Gone With The Wind ('39)
8) His Girl Friday ('40)
9) Waterloo Bridge ('40)
10) Philadelphia Story ('40)
11) The Lady Eve ('41)
12) Penny Serenade ('41)
13) Meet John Doe ('41)
14) Woman of the Year ('42)
15) The Spoilers ('42)
16) Mrs. Miniver ('42)
17) Casablanca ('42)
18) Random Harvest ('42)
19) Lady of Burlesque ('43)
20) Lifeboat ('44)
21) Meet Me In St Louis ('44)
22) Mildred Pierce ('45)
23) The Strange Love Of Martha Ivers ('46)
24) Sorry, Wrong Number ('48)
25) Adam's Rib ('49)
26) On the Town ('49)
27) Sunset Blvd. ('50)
28) Singin' in the Rain ('52)
29) Pat & Mike ('52)
30) The Quiet Man ('52)
31) Titanic ('53)
32) Kiss Me Kate ('53)
33) A Star Is Born ('54)
34) Cattle Queen of Montana ('55)
35) Escape To Burma ('55)
36) Crime Of Passion ('57)
37) Desk Set ('57)
38) An Affair To Remember ('57)
39) McLintock! ('63)
40) I Could Go On Singing ('63)
41) Mary Poppins ('64)
42) Die! Die! My Darling! ('65)
43) The Lion In Winter ('68)
44) Mommie Dearest ('81)
45) On Golden Pond ('81)
46) The Thorn Birds ('83)
And this is what came next….
"Curly Top"
Shirley Temple
Animal Crackers In My Soup
"Curly Top"
Shirley Temple
Animal Crackers In My Soup
Great job with these two posts. Amazing stuff.
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