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When a Tree Grows in Brooklyn was banned in Boston the author was assured of money and success. Even though it was 'banned', anyone who wanted a copy got one as it is human nature to want what you are told you can't have, if you believe it won't hurt you. Amazon has a good list of previously banned movies.

Facts About The Movie Ratings System This article discusses how movie ratings came to be and what moviegoers used to do before they existed. ¶ Posted 13 June 2008 † Terry Parker § Recreation and Leisure ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Hays code, movie ratings, movie reviews

Continued from yesterday’s post: Back to the matter in hand. Following the documentary on Friday night was Forbidden (1932), directed by Frank Capra and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Adolph Menjou in an excellent example of the sort of themes that would be nigh-on impossible to treat following the introduction of certification.

  Going by these frame grabs, you might think Preminger’s second Ho’wood flick, DANGER: LOVE AT WORK was much more sexual than his controversial ’50s sex comedy THE MOON IS BLUE, a film which shattered the Hays Code’s authority over the movie industry but which is pretty tame (the use of phrases

The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep are often considered the two greatest acheivements of detective noir prior to the post-war era. It's by no means incidental to their reputation that both starred the pitch-perfect Humphrey Bogart, nor that in both films, he portrayed a classic private eye created by one of the standout pulp witers of the previous decade.

‘Forbidden Hollywood’: Pre-Code Flicks to Make You Blush American movies are filthy and depraved nowadays, sure, but in the years before the Hays Code passed in 1934, Hollywood turned out flicks that make even us blush. This set, the second in a series, collects five more features starring loose women, wannabe child murderers, gold diggers, and gangsters.

The news hit a few days ago: the Federal Government is close to passing a certain massive piece of legislation, Bill C-10, that will, among many other things, allow the Canadian Government to deny tax credits for films deemed not in the public interest.