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This week Hairy Harmonies looks at Studio censorship. We all know The Hays Code set restrictions on Hollywood and the rest of the big film players. Yet the studios often self-censored before the code in order to get films played in conservative communities. They already limited the roles of minorities to avoid, say, interracial romances that would offend a wide swath of the South, they always limited nudity (we're talking mass-market films for big theaters, not the little naughty reels played in back rooms), and extreme gross-out comedy and horror were both publicly questionable as well as technically unimaginable. So here's a look at a pre-code delight, Gold Diggers of 1933, that has little to which one might object and a post-code fluff comedy, The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, that becomes a bit twisted when you read between the lines. Side note: these films pass the Bechdel Test: a) two named female characters b) talk to each other c) about something other than 'the guy'.

Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

1h 37min 35sec, English with optional English subtitles
Director: Mervyn LeRoy, Music by Harry Warren, Lyrics by Al Dubin

Busby Berkeley choreography is center stage as a trio of desperate showgirls try to keep a new show afloat after so many have closed due to the hard times of The Depression. To the money men, the girls are seen as scheming to bilk a high society man of his money, but we all know what money men are like – and so do the girls. Shout-out to the pig-latin rendition of "We're in the Money" at the very start by none other than Ginger Rogers.

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1943)

1h 38min 33sec, English with hard coded English subtitles Director: Preston Sturges

A small-town girl with an awkward boyfriend does NOT go to a wild send-off party for the troops, get drunk, and have relations with at least one of them. No. That would violate the Hays code! Instead, she finds that she's bumped her head at the social event, which has lead to a foggy memory of who she's married. This is a frivolous film, but its tricks to be more than allowed is worth noting.

Content Warnings:

Gold Diggers of 1933 U.S. rated TV-G
Sex & Nudity: Mild
Violence & Gore: None
Profanity: None
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking: Mild
Frightening & Intense Scenes: None
hidden spoilers from https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/91395

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek UK rated: A
Sex & Nudity: Mild
Violence & Gore: None
Profanity: None
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking: Mild
Frightening & Intense Scenes: Mild
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Pre-show: Hollywood: No Sex Please! (2018)
55min 30sec, English with hard coded English subtitles
(U.S. 18+ Amazon Prime Video Rating - no ratings for content warnings from imdb nor https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/672946)

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https://letterboxd.com/film/hollywood-no-sex-please/
https://letterboxd.com/film/gold-diggers-of-1933/
https://letterboxd.com/film/the-miracle-of-morgans-creek/

movie links:

• 3pm EDT / 21:00 UTC - Pre-show: https://tankie.tube/w/oTEGMainieGgRsv8CLkgDs
  -- 1933 intro: https://tankie.tube/w/agWwfa2LEvUw6WGtk9BZCa
• 4pm EDT / 22:00 UTC - Gold Diggers of 1933: https://tankie.tube/w/i5cWr7C3dJ6Dss9KUrAozG
  -- 1933 outro: https://tankie.tube/w/2GkSVgr4d9bbQehKCtkwqH
  -- Musicals appreciation short: https://tankie.tube/w/rCm1zvrBMBjgmhAzcyiERD
  -- short on Censorship vs. The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (7min): https://tankie.tube/w/mSzTNn1XbxLLJawq8bRAgj
• 6pm EDT / 22:00 UTC - The Miracle of Morgan's Creek: https://tankie.tube/w/6stMvTEDkc76TvPpQJHoLd

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