Comments on: Movies before the code https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/movies-before-the-code/ Sun, 15 Feb 2015 22:31:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Edward https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/movies-before-the-code/#comment-715103 Sun, 15 Feb 2015 22:31:34 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=32691#comment-715103 The “Maltese Falcon” that we all know and love is a remake from a pre-code 1931 version. It is a rare example of a remake being better than the original. A promiscuous Sam Spade, in the original, takes Miss Wonderly into the kitchen to strip-search her for the missing bill. In the Humphrey Bogart/Mary Astor remake, Spade trusts the girl to have not taken it. Although we lose seeing her in a petticoat, we see a better bond between the two characters, making for a better ending and a better story.

To paraphrase Rick in “Casablanca:” the petticoat of a girl don’t amount to a hill of beans in a classic movie.

Sex may sell tickets, but good stories make classic favorites.

]]> By: D.K. Williams https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/movies-before-the-code/#comment-714246 Sat, 14 Feb 2015 16:02:19 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=32691#comment-714246 Must be 70+ to view

]]> By: Don Major https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/movies-before-the-code/#comment-714237 Sat, 14 Feb 2015 15:33:19 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=32691#comment-714237 It was good to see, in the middle of all this, a (too) brief appearance by Betty Boop! :-)

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