1930 s depression & new deal
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Guilds & Unions
• Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
• Screen Actors Guild • Directors Guild • Writers Guild
Mae West & Censorship
Mae West & costar Barry O’Neill of Broadway play “Sex” on trial for obscenity, Jefferson Market Courthouse, NY, 1927
1933 SHE DONE HIM WRONG
Mae West quotes!
• I believe in censorship. After all, I have made a fortune out of it. • Is that a gun in your pocket? Or are you just glad to see me! • When women go wrong, men go right after them! • When I’m good, I’m very good, but when I’m bad, I’m better! • Goodness has nothing to do with it! • Marriage is a great institution. I’m not ready for an institution. • It’s not the man in your life that counts, it’s the life in your man. • When caught between two evils, I generally pick the one I’ve never tried before. • Why don’t you come on up and see me some time?
Hollywood Scandals of 1920s
• William Desmond Taylor 1872-1922
• Wallace Reid 1891-1923
• Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle 1887-1933