The curious case of So This Is Africa (Columbia, 1933) shows that both Hollywood's in-house censors and state and local censors took seriously cinematic violations of racial and sexual norms. This ...
Essential movies of the 1930s and '40s, from 'King Kong' to 'The Heiress' The year 1939 alone -- considered perhaps the best in cinematic history -- provides an exhaustive list of "essential" movies, ...