charlie hebdo Breen was anti-Semitic and seemed to discourage production of movies that might offend Nazi Germany before the war.
Breen was anti-Semitic and seemed to discourage production of movies that might offend Nazi Germany before the war.
Also, there was a "gentlemans agreement" between Hollywood and the State Department that Hollywood wouldn't make any films critical of any nation the US had diplomatic relations with.
Then in 1939, Jack Warner (Of Warner Brothers) was handed a script that became "Confessions Of A Nazi Spy." Warner thought the story was dynamite and should be made into a film, but that gentleman's agreement was in the way.
Warner was a lifelong Democrat, and had met President Roosevelt several times, and also sent prints of first-run Warners films to the White House. (FDR loved Errol Flynn swashbucklers, by the way.) Anyway, Warner called the White House and was put through to the president. He told FDR about the script and story and asked for the president's advice.
Roosevelt's reply? "Go for it Jack!"
Here's the trailer...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBDW81R_xwg
54light15 Germany was a big market for Hollywood films. I understand that riots broke out in Germany when Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" was shown and it was later banned.
Germany was a big market for Hollywood films. I understand that riots broke out in Germany when Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" was shown and it was later banned.
Interesting. From what I've read "The Great Dictator" was banned from the outset in Nazi Germany and never made it into any theaters there.
But supposedly Hitler was curious about it and got a print and watched it. I kind of doubt the veracity of that but of course anything's possible. At any rate if he did see it he didn't learn a damn thing from it.
Did you know it was Chaplin's first all-talking film? That speech Chaplin gives at the end is a masterpiece! When Chaplin decided to speak, wow!
One more thing about "The Great Dictator." It was intended as a spoof of Hitler, but after the war Chaplin said if he'd known how truly evil Hitler was he would have never made the movie, at least not the way he did.
NKP Guy- Jews may have run the studios, but non-Jews, specifically an Irish Catholic decided what movies the public was allowed to see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Breen
It might be why so many films from back then were pure Irish malarkey- "Going My Way," anyone? Great film by the way, Bing was never better!
Because Lady NKP (pace Firelock76) had been married previously, in order to make an honest woman of her and be wed in the Episcopal Church, we first had to have her RC marriage annulled, which my Episcopal bishop was pleased to grant...for free, I might add.
One take-away: Protestant churches are easier to deal with.
zugmann CMStPnP Was never the case as long as I can remember. They have to apply for an be given an annullment by the church (completely separate from the official legal process)
CMStPnP Was never the case as long as I can remember.
They have to apply for an be given an annullment by the church (completely separate from the official legal process)
A twice civily divoreced lady I was dating for a while wanted to persue Annulment through the Church - with all the 'hoops' they wanted her to jump through as well as the cost of the proceedings she gave up on the idea.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
When it comes to the subject of Hollywood and religious stereotypes, someone in the 1930's noted that studios owned by Jews made movies that explained Catholicism to to a nation of Protestants.
CMStPnPWas never the case as long as I can remember.
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spsffanAnd I thought that Catholics couldn't get divorced.
Was never the case as long as I can remember. Suicides do not automatically go to hell either, that was amended a while back as well. Hollywood is responsible for proliferating the stereotypes though.
rdamon The GPS said turn left ...
The GPS said turn left ...
I recall visiting the Hebron Yeshiva about 20 years ago, and after an important lecture went to the that Yeshiva's combination student dining hall and cafeteria. While having lunch two young men, without head-coverings, with one wearing a teeshirt with an Arabic slogan on it, entered, bought beer, and sat down at a long table already partly occupied by some of the students, and obviously enjoyed their drinks. My friend, a student and teacher at the Yeshiva, told me they come nearly every day.
runnerdude48She was drunk and by the name it would seem that she was Muslim. I thought Muslims didn't drink?
Just because one proffesses to be of a particular religion does not mean that they adhere to all the facets of that particular religion.
runnerdude48 She was drunk and by the name it would seem that she was Muslim. I thought Muslims didn't drink?
She was drunk and by the name it would seem that she was Muslim. I thought Muslims didn't drink?
I'm by no means an expert on this, but I think whether Muslims can drink or not depends on the particular sect they belong to.
The other thing is, even though the young woman has a Middle-Eastern sounding name she may not be Muslim at all. There's quite a few Christians in the Middle East, many of whom have left in the past few years with the rise of Islamic terrorism.
A different event that fits the title of this topic: https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2019/11/22/metrolink-train-collides-with-car-in-santa-fe-springs/ The "car" was a RV. and it caught fire.
And I thought that Catholics couldn't get divorced.
"That will definitley hurt that cars resale value" said W.C. Fields in "The Bank Dick."
Gramp What about trauma to the driver of the train?
What about trauma to the driver of the train?
The Amtrak engineer is fine, although the locomotive was damaged. As I said, no-one hurt, no-one killed.
An incident, not an accident, although it certainly could have been worse, in which case I never would have opened the topic.
Flintlock76So we can have a little fun with this! https://www.nj.com/mercer/2019/11/amtrak-train-destroys-car-stuck-on-tracks-as-driver-cops-take-cover-crash-caught-on-police-dash-cam.html Title says it all. That police department needs to upgrade their dashcams, however. A daguerreotype camera took better pictures!
https://www.nj.com/mercer/2019/11/amtrak-train-destroys-car-stuck-on-tracks-as-driver-cops-take-cover-crash-caught-on-police-dash-cam.html
Title says it all.
That police department needs to upgrade their dashcams, however. A daguerreotype camera took better pictures!
Two perfectly innocent automobiles were killed - One of them TWICE. First by the cretin that drove it on the tracks and secondly by the train that used it as a cue ball to strike police car that was most likely destroyed by the carrom shot.
So we can have a little fun with this!
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