Hotel room double bed and the Hays code
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tehck — 16 years ago(June 21, 2009 12:55 AM)
I was a little surprised by the scene with Alice Faye and Dana Andrews lying together and ultimately sleeping together (literally) on that cozy double bed in the hotel. I thought that was a code violation, that they either had to have twin beds or one of them had to keep a foot on the ground. I cannot recall a scene of that era even remotely like that. With Andrews and Faye in that timy room with the double bed as the only piece of furniture taking up almost half the space, it was like the floors were slanted towards it and they were being pulled inexorably toward that mattress.
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lewisherschell — 16 years ago(January 28, 2010 09:20 AM)
If I remember correctly, one of them would have had to keep one foot on the ground only if they were kissing on the bed in that particular scene. Plus, don't forget that the characters were married to on another by that point in the narrative.
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funkyfry — 15 years ago(November 10, 2010 09:01 AM)
Regardless of whether that rule appears in the Code itself, it could be a functioning rule that they applied through their operation. There's the Code, and then there is the way that the Code functioned in practice.
Did I not love him, Cooch? MY OWN FLESH I DIDN'T LOVE BETTER!!! But he had to say 'Nooooooooo' -
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funkyfry — 15 years ago(November 10, 2010 09:02 AM)
The only unfortunate aspect of that scene was that when I saw it, looking back on it now and conscious of the situation with the "Code" at the time, I knew as soon as they showed them waking up together that they were going to end up together happy at the end of the film. If the story required them to break up at the end or for one of them to go to jail, that scene would not have been filmed that way.
Did I not love him, Cooch? MY OWN FLESH I DIDN'T LOVE BETTER!!! But he had to say 'Nooooooooo' -
richieprimo — 9 years ago(June 28, 2016 07:55 PM)
I thought it kinda odd that Faye would put her coat on after a shower. Which reminds me, that bed scene was
like
a cold shower next to the kiss/embrace with Stella outside the club.
In fact, as
smokin'
hot as Linda Darnell was I'm surprised they allowed Preminger to film her at all!"I dont think you fully understand, Bigelow.. You've been murdered."
