Date and Time for this Past Event
- Thursday, Jun 13, 2024 9:10pm - 11:20pm
Details
"Pre-Code: Sex and Censorship" electrifies the first AFI Silver Classic Film Weekend. Immerse yourself in the thrilling era of pre-Code cinema, a fleeting moment from the late 1920s to 1934 when films defied convention before the Hays Code stifled Hollywood's boldness. These movies, lighthearted or dramatic, showcased complex women and flawed heroes struggling against social injustice, and unflinching explorations of sex, ambition and crime. Witness legendary stars ignite the screen: Clara Bow, James Cagney, Barbara Stanwyck, Cary Grant, Jean Harlow, Joan Blondell, Spencer Tracy, Warren William, Anna May Wong and Josephine Baker. Festival guests, including film historians Richard Koszarski, Steven C. Smith, Farran Smith Nehme, Katie Gee Salisbury and David Stenn, will introduce each film.
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New 4k Restoration. INtroduction by film historian Farran Smith Nehme
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Musicians Jean and Pierre (Fernand Gravey and Julien Carette) find that their prospects have dried up due to the boom in all-girl ensembles, so they transform themselves into women performers to join the Tulips orchestra. The deception is more or less successful until they both fall in love with one of the Tulips. Then, when the proprietor of a Riviera hotel falls for Jean, the comedy accelerates to a classic French farce with slamming doors and lightning-fast costume changes. Belgian actor Gravey has charm to spare opposite talented Australian actress Betty Stockfeld. This warmhearted comedy-romance with songs includes cross-dressing and situations that would never have passed the U.S. censors — until Billy Wilder remade the film in 1959 as SOME LIKE IT HOT.
