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He was a New York psychiatrist who went to Hollywood to help lay down guidelines for sex and violence in films. Not everyone was pleased.

Prior to writing and directing Hollywood blockbusters, the filmmaker zipped around Germany and Austria as a reporter, and his colorful early writings are now available in book form

were getting boring stuff and not even experimental mistakes(?) because people are afraid of getting cancelled Well, duh. Starting in the early 1930s and for some 30 years afterwards, Hollywood worked under its own self-imposed Production Code. In other words, Hollywood censored itself with the idea being to keep movies clean and free of controversy from religions groups and the like. The rules included small stuff like a man and woman could not be seen sharing a bed (even if married), to bigge...

Region: All MSRP: $21.99 The Production: 4/5 When Alfred Hitchcock protégé Joan Harrison went off on her own to produce films, one of her most effective efforts was They Won’t Believe Me, a tidy little noir suspense tale with the expected twists and turns and a surprise ending that has met with some annoyance by fans over the years. Directed by Irving Pichel, They Won’t Believe Me is unpretentious and enjoyable even with a few too many coincidences thrown in which spoil an oth...

Nolte: What Should’ve Won the Best Picture Oscar – 1970 to 1979 22 Apr 2021 In part six of this series we look at the movies that should have won the Best Picture Oscar between 1970 and 1979. By 1970 the old studio system and the Production Code were officially dead, the New Hollywood-era was in full bloom, and what an era it was. As you will see below, the swingin’ seventies produced classic after classic, and although many were filled with R-rated content, they were almost old-fashioned...

‘Little Nellie Kelly’: A Great Day for the Irish St. Patrick’s Day, and the whole month of March by extension, is dedicated to celebrating all things Irish. However, many complain that American celebrations of “St. Paddy’s” Day are primarily cheap commercialism, ignoring Ireland’s traditional, genuine culture. Even “Plastic Paddy” celebrations, though, are few in 2021. After claiming St. Patrick’s Day as its first canceled event, the ongoing pandemic is dampening the popular...

Region: All MSRP: $21.99 The Production: 4.5/5 A classic film noir that serves as one of the true cornerstones of the entire genre, Edward Dmytryk’s Crossfire presents its story of hatred and prejudice wrapped in a whodunit/why-dunit framework that keeps audience interest at a maximum while deftly offering its sociological points in a fast-paced 85-minute time window. Nominated for five Academy Awards, Crossfire remains one of the most well-remembered thrillers of the early postwar era. ...

Every month, Disney "convenes an eclectic group of advisers" to tell it what content to censor and blacklist.

Sexism stands at the door: 11 female film-makers written out of mainstream Hollywood history The woman stays in the picture … Alice Guy-Blaché, top left, on the France set of The Life of Christ in 1906. Photograph: Everett Collection/Alamy The woman stays in the picture … Alice Guy-Blaché, top left, on the France set of The Life of Christ in 1906. Photograph: Everett Collection/Alamy Maya Angelou and Jean Seberg were just some of the women who faced everything from racism and sexism to tr...

My Favorite Blonde (Blu-ray Review) Format: Blu-ray Disc Studio(s)Paramount Pictures (Kino Lorber Studio Classics) Film/Program Grade: C+ The Ghost Breakers and the Hope-Crosby Road to Singapore, Hope was on a roll. He was already a star of radio, and the decade offered audiences more than twenty opportunities to see Hope’s antics and laugh at his quips and wisecracks. One of his most popular films of that period is My Favorite Blonde, a spy drama/comedy that begins with a murder aboard a ...