tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265014241875110812.post711512693786609274..comments2024-03-10T14:04:48.024-04:00Comments on The Projection Booth Podcast: Episode 233: The Black Cat (1934)Mike Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17690940782275888014noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265014241875110812.post-63657903128287378492016-12-06T17:33:53.429-05:002016-12-06T17:33:53.429-05:00https://www.facebook.com/pg/theprojectionbooth/abo...https://www.facebook.com/pg/theprojectionbooth/about/?ref=page_internalCraig Calmanhttp://craigcalman.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265014241875110812.post-17161069029665663602016-12-06T17:32:41.869-05:002016-12-06T17:32:41.869-05:00At 9:16 it is stated that 1930 was the start of th...At 9:16 it is stated that 1930 was the start of the Hayes Code and therefore "The Black Cat" is a "Post Code Movie." In 1930 the Code was NOT strongly enforced and for the next four years those movies we consider "Pre-Code" flourished. July 1, 1934, signaled the end of the pre-Code era. Wrote historian Thomas Doherty in PRE-CODE HOLLYWOOD SEX, IMMORALITY AND INSURRECTION IN AMERICAN CINEMA, 1930-1934: “American cinema changed. During that month, the Production Code Administration, popularly known as the Hays Office, began to regulate, systematically and scrupulously, the content of Hollywood motion pictures. "The Black Cat" was released in May 1934. If it had been presented to the Censors just two months later, it would have been COMPLETELY REJECTED.Craig Calmanhttp://craigcalman.comnoreply@blogger.com