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2:39 pm
April 11, 2011
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What films were considered risque during the 1940s? I know that many noir films were considered risque because they featured women with morals one might consider questionable during the time, like Double Indemnity.
4:35 pm
The first one that comes to mind for me is the Howard Hughes film "The Outlaw" (1943) with Jane Russell. It's described by some as an adult oriented sex-western. I think it took several years to get in into the theaters because of the storyline and the blatant emphasis on Miss Russell's.. uh, hmmm.. lungs.
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1:27 am
April 3, 2011
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Pornography has existed for an extremely long time – it wasn't just the film of the 40s. It's existed pretty much since the US Civil War if I recall correctly. As for risque films, these types of films were considered very taboo then. A movie like "The Hangover" nowadays is something everyone watches, but back then, it would be deplorable to watch such a movie.
12:09 pm
April 11, 2011
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empirestate said:
A movie like "The Hangover" nowadays is something everyone watches, but back then, it would be deplorable to watch such a movie.
It's funny that you say that because I was visiting my grandmother at a retirement resort and at the pool I heard some older women discussing The Hangover. It's a movie that is not all that risque to me, but this woman described it as literal pornography. It reminded me how much standards have changed over the years.
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