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To: VadeRetro
There's some pretty good stuff if you know where to look, especially before the Code got teeth. For instance, in the parade celebrating Ben Hur's win in the big race, there are bare-breasted maidens strewing rose petals in front of him.

And those Warner's musicals -- "Footlight Parade" has some pretty juicy stuff in the "Honeymoon Hotel" number. The pre-code MGM Tarzan films usually have a naughty shot or two. The list goes on.

There are bits of "Animal Crackers" and "Horsefeathers" that had to be cut when they were re-released after the code that have never been recovered. In the song "Hooray for Captain Spaulding," Groucho's line "I think I'll try and make her," has been excised.

1,260 posted on 12/18/2005 4:45:41 PM PST by Gumlegs
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To: Gumlegs
Thanks for the tips. I have a decent DVD of Animal Crackers, but it seems to be edited as you describe. Rats!

Knew but was forgetting about Maureen O'Sullivan's Jane stuff, of course. Must have given the movie-goers quite a thrill back when babies came from something called "whoopie."

1,264 posted on 12/18/2005 4:49:00 PM PST by VadeRetro (Liberalism is a cancer on society. Creationism is a cancer on conservatism.)
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