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SUtS: Paul Newman

Our choice: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) Airing at 1:45PM EST Once we realized this movie was in the queue for Paul Newman’s Summer Under the Stars tribute, we knew we had to recommend it. We have a connection to this film–tenuous, but important nonetheless–or, at least, to the source material of the…

August 20, 2010 in 3-star films, drama, from stage to screen, hays code, lit adaptations, summer under the stars.

SUtS: Norma Shearer

Carrie’s choice: The Divorcee (1930) Airing at 11:00AM EST I have to confess that, yet again, I haven’t seen this  movie. I want to, though. Norma Shearer plays a woman named Jerry who is in love with Ted. Jerry and Ted are popular and have it all. Naturally, they get married. This breaks the heart…

August 11, 2010 in brandie's faves, hays code, pre-code goodies, summer under the stars.

The Hays Code: Keeping Sex Off the Screen (But Not Out of Our Dirty-Minded Little Hearts) for More Than Three Decades.

I was asked recently to give a brief overview of the Hays Code, to which I have referred repeatedly in some of my previous entries on this blog. The Motion Picture Production Code, known in Hollywood as the Hays Code (named after its creator, Will H. Hays), preceded the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)…

March 26, 2010 in hays code, the art of filmmaking.

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