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1st Scene ever to even hint at rape?

posted 14 years ago by lschwartz106
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There had been scenes before when men wanted to kiss women but were shunned. But when Hud turns off the lights in Alma's cottage, there seems to be more implied. Or did Anthony Quinn trying to seduce Jule Harris in Requiem for a Heavyweight, released a year before give the green light to such scenes?

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[–] shantizzay 14 years ago

What about Gone With the Wind?

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[–] wa23gs 13 years ago

Also "Streetcar Named Desire" had a big scene in it that hinted at rape, that was in 1951.

[–] teresafannin 13 years ago

"The Birth of a Nation" had a scene that implied rape & that was in 1915.

[–] EJF 10 years ago

Hardly. There's "Johnny Belinda" (1948) and "The Story of Esther Costello" (1957). Both involve actual rapes -- and rapes are key plot points.

[–] RprtPpkn 10 years ago

Rashomon

[–] lizcarlo87 10 years ago

Streetcar Named Desire 1951

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[–] ExpFil 9 years ago

Outrage (1950), Anatomy of a Murder (1959), Town Without Pity (1961) and Something Wild (1961) all deal with rape quite explicitly and preceded Hud.