Convention City (lost risqué comedy film; 1933): Difference between revisions

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Poster for the film.

Status: Lost

Convention City is a 1933 comedy film produced by Warner Bros. It was notable for its risqué humor, lewd dialogue, and full-frontal nudity. This film was among those responsible for the implementation of The Hayes Code, which censored sex and violence in Hollywood movies.

During production, Jack Warner urged costume designer Hal Wallis many times to tone down the costumes in the film. Fearing the film's artistic vision would be compromised, Wallis refused to make the costumes more family-friendly. Warner also ordered for a few lines to be cut from the film, of which only a few were. When the film opened, it was heavily censored and banned outright in certain areas despite its critical acclaim. Many theaters destroyed their copies of the film, thinking it promoted corrupt morals and anti-Christian messages.

Warner Bros reportedly "junked" the print of the film they kept in their archives as it had begun to deteriorate and posed a fire hazard. However, other copies potentially survived. A movie theater in Spain continued to show the film as late as 1942 and reportedly held onto its copy. Warner Bros also continued renting the movie out to theaters as late as 1937. However, no copies have been located. ^[1] Over 200 production stills, as well as the script, survive.

In the 1990s, it became the only film whose stock footage has survived longer than the actual film itself. Stock footage of various Atlantic City establishing shots was discovered in a studio vault.^[2] In 1994, a dramatic reading of the film's script was held at a pre-Hayes Code film festival.

External Link

Wikipedia article on Convention City. Retrieved 15 Mar '16

Reference

↑ Vitaphone View: Where is “Convention City” Hiding? Retrieved 13 Sept '20
↑ Examiner article including this film. Retrieved 15 Mar '16

[1] Vitaphone View: Where is “Convention City” Hiding? Retrieved 13 Sept '20

[2] Examiner article including this film. Retrieved 15 Mar '16

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-'''''Convention City''''' is a 1933 Warner Bros film. It was notable for its risque humor and full-frontal nudity. It was particularly responsible for the implementation of The Hayes Code (a code that censored sex and violence in films) in Hollywood and for its controversy.
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+'''''Convention City''''' is a 1933 comedy film produced by Warner Bros. It was notable for its risqué humor, lewd dialogue, and full-frontal nudity. This film was among those responsible for the implementation of The Hayes Code, which censored sex and violence in Hollywood movies.
-During its production, Jack Warner urged costume designer, Hal Wallis, many times to tone down the costumes in the film. Fearing the film's artistic vision would be compromised, Wallis refused to make the costumes more family friendly. Warner also ordered for a few lines to be cut from the film, of which only a few were. When the film opened, it was heavily censored or downright banned, despite its critical acclaim. Many theaters destroyed their copies of the film, thinking it promoted corrupt morals and anti-Christian messages.
+During production, Jack Warner urged costume designer Hal Wallis many times to tone down the costumes in the film. Fearing the film's artistic vision would be compromised, Wallis refused to make the costumes more family-friendly. Warner also ordered for a few lines to be cut from the film, of which only a few were. When the film opened, it was heavily censored and banned outright in certain areas despite its critical acclaim. Many theaters destroyed their copies of the film, thinking it promoted corrupt morals and anti-Christian messages.
-Warner Bros reportedly "junked" all remaining copies of the film in 1948. A movie theater in Spain continued to show the film as late as 1942, and reportedly held onto its copy. This copy, though, has yet to be found. Over 200 production stills as well as the script survive. No copies of the film have surfaced after its apparent "junk"-ing.
+Warner Bros reportedly "junked" the print of the film they kept in their archives as it had begun to deteriorate and posed a fire hazard. However, other copies potentially survived. A movie theater in Spain continued to show the film as late as 1942 and reportedly held onto its copy. Warner Bros also continued renting the movie out to theaters as late as 1937. However, no copies have been located. <ref>[http://www.classicmoviehub.com/blog/vitaphone-view-where-is-convention-city-hiding/ Vitaphone View: Where is “Convention City” Hiding?] Retrieved 13 Sept '20</ref> Over 200 production stills, as well as the script, survive.
-In the 1990s, it became the only film whose stock footage has survived longer than the actual film itself. Stock footage of various Atlantic City establishing shots were discovered in a studio vault. In 1994, a dramatic reading of the film's script was held at a pre-Hayes Code film festival. The film is heavily sought-after for its humor and content.
+In the 1990s, it became the only film whose stock footage has survived longer than the actual film itself. Stock footage of various Atlantic City establishing shots was discovered in a studio vault.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140825104317/http://www.examiner.com/article/1930-s-dirtiest-movie-destroyed-and-other-rare-movies Examiner article including this film.] Retrieved 15 Mar '16</ref> In 1994, a dramatic reading of the film's script was held at a pre-Hayes Code film festival.
+==External Link==
+*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_City Wikipedia article on ''Convention City''.] Retrieved 15 Mar '16
+==Reference==
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+[[Category:Lost films]]
+[[Category:Completely lost media]]
+[[Category:Historic]]