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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

we're 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 bigger stuff like crime cannot pay, no homosexuality, no overt eroticism (a kiss could only last so many...

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 otherwise craftily plotted little tale. Stockbroker Larry Ballentine (Robert Young) is on trial for his...

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 in their morality, especially when it came to one of this decade’s overriding themes: the importa...