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What was so wrong with this movie?

posted 14 years ago by adampearce96
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never heard of it, just wondering what it was to drive MST3K away from it.

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[–] DearJohnny 14 years ago

Read some of the other posts. That'll help.

[–] IMDB_Vits 12 years ago

A 12-year-old girl is shown skinny-dipping for like a minute.

[–] Popcorngal (4937) 5 years ago

I wonder how it got pass the Censor Board?

[–] Kowalski (79167) 5 years ago

IN 1938...THERE WAS NO CENSOR BOARD..OR RATINGS..OR ANYTHING REALLY.

[–] Popcorngal (4937) 5 years ago

But didn't the Hayes Code go in effect in 1934?

[–] Otter (24464) 4 years ago

Some films were released without approval from whatever agency gave the Hays Code seal of approval. That meant the major theater chains wouldn't show them, but some such films played in low-budget theaters in poor areas, that weren't part of the big commercial chains and weren't included in their distribution deals.

Sorry, if I ever knew the details of this then I've forgotten them, but that's how low-budget or non-studio indie films got played. This movie sounds like one of them.

[–] Popcorngal (4937) 4 years ago

I never knew that, but it makes sense.