Posted on 12/23/2014 3:21:23 PM PST by NYer
I’m also always rather fascinated about how popular music in the late-1920s and into the early-1930s often emphasized wedded bliss and domesticity. So many songs like “Cooking Breakfast for the one I love,” “Building a Nest for Mary,” “When I am Housekeeping for You,” and such. Lots of lyrics about things like rings, proposals and wedding days, and such. The trend seemed to dissipate somewhat as the 1930s rolled on, towards strictly romance and heartbreak, which were always at the forefront anyway.
Hollywood has always had one single agenda. Money. If they can make money on movies about Zombies, that’s what they do. If they can make money with movies about wholesome subjects, that’s what they’d make. The real Hollywood question is Chicken/Egg. Did society go rotten and Hollywood cater to it, or did Hollywood go rotten and society lap it up?
Merry Christmas to you as well.
If you want see Good pre code film
There is story of Thelma Drake come on TCM very rarely not is woman who got raped by gang she become head of the gang seriously was testified for her life at some trial
There is lots of flashbacks
COOL on right answer on due date
Yeah, “The Story of Temple Drake” is the key pre-code film that led to the Hays Code being implemented. Known about the film and its notoriety for decades, but never caught it. Saw that TCM had it scheduled a few months back, and meant to take a look, but I missed it.
Sometimes even some post-code films have a few surprises, like the unexpected violence at the end of “Show Them No Mercy” (1935).
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