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Welford Beaton threw down the gauntlet in the Hollywood Spectator: “I was watching The Easiest Way, when there came the exact moment when I had had enough sex. The makers of screen entertainment may continue to earn dividends by selling the immorality of women, but no longer can they sell it to me. Every sex picture I review from now on is going to be estimated for what it is—a filthy thing manufactured by businessmen.” Many censor boards felt the same way.
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I wonder why the censors and critics felt compelled to continuously return to theaters to view the movies they claimed offended them so...
Forbidden Hollywood: The Pre-Code Era (1930-1934): When Sin Ruled the Movies
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