Pre-Code Seduction Scene From "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" (1931)

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Pre-Code Seduction Scene From "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" (1931)

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Before strict adherence to the Motion Picture Production Code in 1934...
...pre-code films could get away with some rather suggestive material.
Case in point is this seduction scene between Fredric March and Miriam Hopkins...
...which, in just a few short years, would be unheard of on the screen.
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@gregghill2059 3 жыл бұрын

I first saw this at a movie theatre where it was advertised with the caption, "Banned on TV for twenty years!". Didn't understand why at the time.

@luigilamorte7753 5 жыл бұрын

Great pre code . I enjoyed this movie very much. Hopkins and March were superb.

@russellcampbell9198 5 жыл бұрын

Come back soon? I would never have left.

@Brace67 5 жыл бұрын

He did go back but as Mr. Hyde. Quite a difference between this version and the subsequent one with Spencer Tracy and Ingrid Bergman. Both tell the story of the tortured and conflicted Victorian doctor but the latter not as graphic. Both versions are excellent and both should be viewed for comparison. Watch in the Frederic March version as Hyde gets uglier and more hideous with each transformation. More and more pure evil.

@pathunnicutt9345 5 жыл бұрын

The "Dirty 30's" Almost all movies in the 30' s were Risque.

@howie9751 4 жыл бұрын

And women had more roles in the films. They even talked to other women and in groups, like women actually do. Now a days women are inserted into films too often.

@RalphDratman 4 жыл бұрын

Usually I write something devilishly clever, but what could I add to that? The subtle hint of her interest. The tremendous dignity.

@FRANKTHRING1 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful stuff and such perfect quality. Thanks.

@catfood_03_4stray 4 жыл бұрын

Censored! Myriam Hopkins peeled off her stockings in that very scene. Those few seconds are missing.

@philipusher4282 3 жыл бұрын

Her accent was far more offensive than the bedroom scene. "Cor blimey guv'nor, broke me ribs 'e did" 🤣

@Ronbo1948 2 жыл бұрын

"Oh, why can't the English learn to speak! Why there are places where English completely disappears! In America they haven't spoken it for years!"

@Johnnycdrums 5 жыл бұрын

Fredric March wasn't always old, he just had more gravitas that way.

@MegaSkyline69 3 жыл бұрын

She looked a bit like Helen Mirren

@2bigbufords 3 жыл бұрын

thks for posting, this is awesome

@opalprestonshirley1700 5 жыл бұрын

Subtle real Subtle...LOL. I love old movies.

@jupiterlegrand4817 5 жыл бұрын

You didn't make the yellow text large enough. I could almost see what was going on in the film.

@porflepopnecker4376 5 жыл бұрын

You can't fool me, I can tell you're being sarcastic. :)

@fanorama1 4 жыл бұрын

lol

@bethdibartolomeo2042 5 жыл бұрын

I think he broke some ribs. Come on, let's get it on and see how sore they are. LOL

@christopherd.1200 2 жыл бұрын

Hello- though the current dvd from the Warner Archive Collection is referred to as "restored" it still isn't complete film which opened Dec. 1931.

@IAmJimRetzer 4 жыл бұрын

The print you're working from appears to have omitted the brief 2-3 second shot after Jekyll pokes at the second garter with his cane and we get a full-on side view of naked Ivy pulling the covers up as she reclines into bed.

@gregwiggins9380 3 жыл бұрын

Your right I watched the movie today and scene looked to be skipped

@Mr91495osh 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, like he really walked out.

@gregwiggins9380 3 жыл бұрын

I watched this movie on TCM today Oct 31, 2020. And noticed what looks like a scene was cut out of her undressing to get in bed? She started to undress and picture blacked out next scene she was in bed...

@Sargebri 3 жыл бұрын

Dayum. If that e Was pre-code I wonder how it would have played out today.

@kevinbergin2225 5 жыл бұрын

Despite her efforts it seems like she was barking-up-the-wrong-tree, so to speak.

@Ronbo1948 2 жыл бұрын

Problem? Pretty tame by today's standards.

@stevehoffman9735 5 жыл бұрын

Geez, steamy..

@w4shep 2 жыл бұрын

Makes you wonder just how different the movie industry could've been if the country wasn't run by so many uptight, puritans. Damn. That was hot !

@opalprestonshirley1700 4 жыл бұрын

Love it!!

@hades12686 4 жыл бұрын

I have this version and the 1940s version, and I prefer the 1930s version, although the 40s version does have better special effects.

@connorbrennan4233 Жыл бұрын

I feel the Pre-Code era trappings were absolutely needed in this version to get the message across. Watching this next to the 1941 film makes it obvious how much was left out due to the Hays Code. Also, I feel the production design in the 1941 film had a little too much grandeur, I think. This version had not only some grandeur in its sets, but a genuine rawness to it, mainly in the foggy London backstreets.

@jamesbobo Жыл бұрын

You showed her taking off her garter, but you cut out the part where she takes off her stockings.

@andromeda1903 4 жыл бұрын

wait, she took off the garter and in the end she has another garter on. COME BACK........ SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNN..............

@algeborusas1883 4 жыл бұрын

Yeow! Not too subtle eroticism.

@willhorting5317 2 жыл бұрын

Hmm...I never knew about this version of the movie. Not sure why. I knew that there was a 1920 silent movie version. But the only other version I have seen on TV is the 1941 Spencer Tracy version. I will try to find this Frederic March version.😎

@jamesbobo Жыл бұрын

Warner Archives recently released this version on Blu-ray. Years ago, both this and the 1941 version were released by Warner Bros. on standard DVD (both films on the same disc).

@mickjaegerguano4809 5 жыл бұрын

She really wanted it...

@RalphDratman 4 жыл бұрын

Are you sure?

@RalphDratman 4 жыл бұрын

@randolph Yes

@CARPB147 3 жыл бұрын

You must have been the first in your class! 😉

@MrZipdang 3 жыл бұрын

Cor blimey!

@Firebrand55 4 жыл бұрын

Actually.....that's all any sex scene today should be!

@leupinagaspar16 3 жыл бұрын

When there were real men in control. It's a an era of fairies now.

@fannylablanche9952 3 жыл бұрын

Intemporel Fredric MARCH ...

@Charlesputnam-bn9zy 5 жыл бұрын

Dr.Jekyll & Mr. B.d.n

@daveatlarge5030 5 жыл бұрын

It's beautiful....its ....honest.

@timdaugherty4014 2 жыл бұрын

This is genuine art of seduction. I do it to my husband and he never fails me, ever!😍🤩

@luiszuluaga6575 2 жыл бұрын

Risky business. Lol!

@michelleregis6181 4 жыл бұрын

Shocking! ha ha

@marions.120 3 жыл бұрын

Real life! ✌️🤪👍

@lhs66 2 жыл бұрын

This reminds me allot of Amber Heard’s testimony that I had to look it up to refresh my memory. Very vivid. The trial has not concluded as yet but her testimony is damming. And millions and millions think her trash and support the beloved docto.. er actor. Very interesting. Drugs and alcohol. We’ve all seen happy drunks. We’ve all seen mean drunks. Interesting to see this play out.