Panther Lady (1932)

[swallin19]

Don't forget the Production Code was self imposed on Hollywood, who also used it for publicity in a very self serving way. Banning and censure ship add to box office takings!! De Mille used this principle many times in his big budget films, what you actually saw was basically "safe", but was publicised as censured material, watered done under pressure from the Hays Office.There is little in this clip that would have got it banned!

[cushtichavi]

which one is Elissa Linde?

[payless1981]

This was right before Censorship was put into effect in Hollywood. I believe they changed all the rules a year later in '33 or 34. Just look at any movie before and after and see the difference in dialog, jokes, etc.

[MORKOS621]

@payless1981 Did they use swear words back then?

[robertwmartens]

Wow, those were some risque costumes! Were they really showing that much skin, or were they wearing flesh-colored body stockings? Hard to tell.

[Muppet917]

That's bared skin. It was a lot more sexual than people think these days.

[robertwmartens]

So true, so true . . .

[theshadow1932]

My God, the TRUST t hese women needed to have in their partners, to make some of htose moves. Incredible.

[infrogmation]

Shows that the prototype for the 1970s was invented in the early 1930s!

[gypsypetey]

This is the best movie ever made!

[panamintjoe]

Thanks for the post. How about some more excerpts like the cave man doing Bing Crosby, or some Jens - Whelan crosstalking? "Wild People" is one of my faves, and way ahead of the times considering its 1932 production date. Thanks again.

[astralagosto]

Joyzelle was the dancer in Cecil B. de Mille's The Sign of the Cross. Her lesbian dance to Elissa Landi, unfortunately, caused the implementation of the 1934 Production Code movie censorship office that lasted until 1968.

Joyzelle, you'll never be forgotten!!!

[castletriglav]

@astralagosto Actually, the entire Production Code nonsense, began with the Fatty Arbuckle/Virginia Rappe scandal. Along with a few other Hollywood scandals, there was pressure to 'clean up" the movie industry as a whole. No code was enforced until Joseph Breen took over in 1934. The Sign of the Cross had little or nothing to do with enforcement of the code.

[astralagosto]

@castletriglav Hi castletriglav, The Sign of the Cross (1932) DID have something to do with the implementation of the Production Code in 1934. The lesbian dance Joyzelle Joyner did with Elissa Landi in the movie was the last straw for the Production Code. It was started in the 1920s with the Fatty Arbuckle scandal but then it went lax as the Roaring Twenties went by. The Production Code went into full force in 1934 because of the last straw of Joyzelle's dance with Elissa Landi.

[FoPo4]

A rare gem. Looks more like a 1950s beatnik B movie

[VintageLady1980]

Are those the Geico cavemen I see in the background? LOL! This is great, thanks for uploading!

[SpankRamen]

I really like this song! Where has it been all my life?

[tdub1941]

Fascinating and enjoyable! thanks

Tom Warner

[3investigators]

Joyselle was sure one of a kind!

[Markink]

A fully avant-garde show of wild acting dancers :-) GREAT ! Thanks for sharing !

[mic33george]

Excellant!!Very odd for 1932 i agree!!