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10:52 pm - 03/26/2010

Censored Scenes From the Early Days of Cinema

All of the clips used in this film came from a reel of 35mm nitrate found in an old theater somewhere in Pennsylvania.

The projectionist clipped these scenes to meet local moral standards of the time.

Will our current forms of censorship look just as ridiculous to future generations?



Source

Why the hell is the music so damn creepy? D:

...Creepypasta post time?
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[info]sh3l8y 27th-Mar-2010 03:24 am (UTC)
old film freaks me the fuck out and i dont know why :|
[info]childish 27th-Mar-2010 03:27 am (UTC)
It's like moving creepypasta :(
[info]sh3l8y 27th-Mar-2010 03:35 am (UTC)
that is the perfect description
[info]animefanaticren 27th-Mar-2010 03:52 am (UTC)
TINTIN! My favorite old-skool adventurin' 'mo! ♥
[info]eaglefan2011 27th-Mar-2010 04:17 am (UTC)
lol good description
[info]brawnhilda 27th-Mar-2010 04:03 pm (UTC)
That and the music is not helping.
[info]eleven59 27th-Mar-2010 03:29 am (UTC)
German Expressionism really creeps me out.

Nosferatu is one of the creepiest movies I've ever seen. It will give me nightmares for a week.
[info]talentedzombie 27th-Mar-2010 03:37 am (UTC)
ITA.
[info]honey_child 27th-Mar-2010 03:45 am (UTC)
My sister is the same. She doesn't like the eye makeup they used that just makes the eyes stand out all crazily.
[info]larissaxox 27th-Mar-2010 04:09 am (UTC)
it's so eerie especially when you think about how all these actors are dead. it's like watching the remaining traces of them in like ghost form
[info]whitegirlthin 27th-Mar-2010 03:24 am (UTC)
Love this.
[info]confession_is 27th-Mar-2010 03:25 am (UTC)
so basically all women were censored
[info]patrioticguy 27th-Mar-2010 03:28 am (UTC)
That's what they get for being....the sexy!
[info]confession_is 27th-Mar-2010 03:31 am (UTC)
misogynist bastard
[info]fuse81110 27th-Mar-2010 03:25 am (UTC)
I have pre-code movies from TCM on dvd. They're so good.
[info]promisemewings 27th-Mar-2010 03:36 am (UTC)
Lucky!
[info]pinklala 27th-Mar-2010 04:12 am (UTC)
Curous now: wha† does pre-code mean? Like before ratings? What movies?
[info]indy788 27th-Mar-2010 04:19 am (UTC)
Before the Hays Code was implemented and Hollywood used self-censorship
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Production_Code
[info]fatherleary 27th-Mar-2010 04:22 am (UTC)
I've seen that special they have about pre-code films a few times and there were so many that looked amazing.
[info]brenden 27th-Mar-2010 03:26 am (UTC)
ooo i loved this
[info]likegunfire 27th-Mar-2010 03:26 am (UTC)
the feet under the table thing is just creepy
[info]animefanaticren 27th-Mar-2010 03:55 am (UTC)
it's all creepy lol
[info]larissaxox 27th-Mar-2010 04:10 am (UTC)
ikr? i loled irl when i saw it
[info]neimans 27th-Mar-2010 03:26 am (UTC)
so basically anything involving ankles and feet got censored? was there a foot fetish issue in Penn?
[info]oshunanat 27th-Mar-2010 04:05 am (UTC)
Victorians considered it obscene. We also have the Victorian's to thank for "white" meat (breasts) and "dark" meat (thighs) because it was too scandalous to say those words at the table.
[info]alquilaunhombre 27th-Mar-2010 05:30 am (UTC)
whoa thanks for clearing that up... i never knew what that meant........

THE MORE YOU KNOW!! THANKS
[info]_damnx 27th-Mar-2010 06:53 am (UTC)
yeah, i have another fun fact for you.
you know split staircases like this that you see in old plantation houses in the south and stuff like that?
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wellllllllllll those were the popular architecture because men and women would take separate staircases. when the women went up the stairs, they had to lift their dresses, thus exposing their ankles, and it was too risque~ for a man to see the ladies' ankles.
[info]rhapsodeeinblue 27th-Mar-2010 03:27 am (UTC)
Love it.
[info]eleven59 27th-Mar-2010 03:27 am (UTC)
There's a lot of feet and legs shots going on this clip.
I'm not surprised. It was a different time.
[info]donquixote17 27th-Mar-2010 03:27 am (UTC)
All those shots of feet must have been so offensive back in the day.
[info]sexaybarbie 27th-Mar-2010 03:27 am (UTC)
I dont understand, I dont see any censoring??
[info]_autonomy 27th-Mar-2010 03:28 am (UTC)
lol
[info]sexaybarbie 27th-Mar-2010 03:29 am (UTC)
im serious how is anything here censored
[info]my_drama_only 27th-Mar-2010 03:28 am (UTC)
I wonder how they'd react if they saw today's tv shows/movies.
[info]judgmental 27th-Mar-2010 03:41 am (UTC)
ikr, show them the tudors or true blood
[info]1cupofrpattz 27th-Mar-2010 05:38 am (UTC)
lol they'd cry :(
[info]everythingonit 27th-Mar-2010 03:28 am (UTC)
Probably banned because of too much waist and ankle and skin.


I've always wanted an old timey bathing suit myself.
[info]eleven59 27th-Mar-2010 03:30 am (UTC)
Me too.
I'd stand out, but they look so comfy.
[info]menorahmajora 27th-Mar-2010 07:45 am (UTC)
I can't imagine they'd be all that fun when you got them wet :/
[info]chimbleysweep 27th-Mar-2010 03:34 am (UTC)
I have one from about 1923ish and boy howdy is it awesome to wear but not awesome to get wet.
[info]elenielofnarnia 27th-Mar-2010 03:55 am (UTC)
lol, me too. <3
[info]x3raindropsx3 27th-Mar-2010 03:28 am (UTC)
Foot touching=sex

This must be the era all the Robsten fans are from.
[info]judgmental 27th-Mar-2010 03:50 am (UTC)
lmao
[info]elenielofnarnia 27th-Mar-2010 03:56 am (UTC)
LOL. XDD
[info]valiumaphrodite 27th-Mar-2010 04:20 am (UTC)
After the amount of times "Victorian" was used to describe Edward, you are very accurate.
[info]1cupofrpattz 27th-Mar-2010 05:39 am (UTC)
lol XD
[info]la_geni 27th-Mar-2010 06:35 am (UTC)
LOL forever
[info]chimbleysweep 27th-Mar-2010 03:29 am (UTC)
I saw this a while ago and I remember legs legs legs. Nice legs. Legs. More legs.
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