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A collection of William Wellman directed movies
that involved taboo subjects prior to the introduction of the motion
picture production code.
William "Wild Bill" Wellman is a legend in the
movies as an early pioneer of the fledgling industry. In fact he also
directed the first movie to ever win an Academy Award for Wings
in 1927. However, the Forbidden Hollywood series is not
highlighting Wings, nor the three movies he also was nominated as best
director for (The High And Mighty, Battleground and A
Star Is Born (which he shared best writer acclaims). Instead, this
set of disks covers those early movies directed by Wellman prior to the
introduction of the movie production code which was set up to keep
movies upstanding and moral to not insult the sensibilities of proper
men and women who were going to see them. The people at WB picked
out six very good movies to not only provide examples pre-code movies,
but some that were both well directed by Wild Bill and includes some
great acting by many of "old Hollywood's" best such as Barbara Stanwyck.
These movies bring you back to a time before a time where the subject of
sex, adultery or suffering in the real world were shown on the big
screen to unsuspecting audiences.
Other Men's Women (1931) - Bill comes to live with his buddy Jack
and Jack's wife. They fall in love while Bill is staying in
the house an have an affair. (You will also see a very young James
Cagney in the movie.)
It is interesting that some of those
movies would probably not have survived the sensor's cuts not due to
their sexual content, but due to the nature of the subject matter and
their closeness to the realities of life. Starting in 1934 people,
at least on the screen, did not get addicted to drugs, or at least it
was not discussed or shown in any great detail. Also, the life of
people suffering due to economic factors was also not really one that
would pass muster. However, it is interesting that death (if not
graphic) in war movies and murder-mysteries was often seen.
Watching these movies today, it is hard to believe that they would even
be considered risque, but that was the reality of a "moral" big brother
mentality back then, where those that were on top knew what was good for
the poor underprivileged masses.