Don'tcha just love it that TCM, Antenna TV, and the other cable channels running old movies, are driving screwed-up liberals and progressives up a wall?
Libs and progs detest the American values, religion, pro-military, and conservatism of old-time movies.
Knowing old-time movies are carrying-on the values the libs and progs detest is indeed heart-warming.
Thanks again for these posts.
Libs and progs detest the American values, religion, pro-military, and conservatism of old-time movies. .... Knowing old-time movies are carrying-on the values the libs and progs detest is indeed heart-warming.The thing about all these 'old time, Pro-American, movies' and 'The Golden Age of Hollywood' is that it was due to pretty much one thing.
The Motion Picture Production Code (Hayes Code)It went into effect in 1934 and there was a lot of 'Don't Do' and 'Cant Do' in it, but it came down to like a dozen basic 'rules'.
It 'officially' ended in 1968 and the first movie I recall that clearly violated the 'Code' was 'The Wild Bunch' by Sam Peckinpah. In that he had all the Bloody Shoot-Outs in slow motion, something not allowed under 'The Code' (Gratuitous Violence).
But 'I think' that Clint Eastwood's first hit in the US, Fist Full Of Dollars violated it too, as a 'Cowboy Movie' ,never had the bloody beatings like that in any of them. I went to a Drive-In to see that and when I saw what was going on I thought this isn't a 'Cowboy Movie', it's Sadomasochism-Torture and I left.
One last thing -- 'Classics' like The Maltese Falcon couldn't be made today. Really, who'd want to see Bogey naked and Sydney Greenstreet making 'gay love' to Peter Lorre! (triple yuck factor)
So yes, I do watch TCM a lot. I just hate that Alec Baldwin is co-host once a week for 'The Essentials'. I mute when he's on before the movie starts.