Pre-Code Hollywood

[Bounci]

Originally Posted by osreb

pics only

I did look back at all previous post, pardon any repost

1. Faye Raye in KIng Kong
2. another Kong pic?
3. Barbara Stanwyck in NIgh Nurses
4. Doris McMahon in Hips, Hips, Hooray
5. Racheal Brice
6. Carol Lumbard
7. unknown

The last pic is from one of my recent uploads on here, Roman Scandals (1933). And you should be able to find the video to Night Nurse (1931) on here to view (which had Barbara Stanwyck), as I posted it on here about last year. Happy hunting.

Anyway, as to the video, this is from B-Feature Tarzan the Fearless from 1933, which starred Buster Crabbe trying to rival Johnny Weissmuller for the right to wear THAT loincloth. Here he just happens to be watching in the trees (yeah, right) when Julie Bishop - then just Jacqueline Wells - decides to take a naked swim in the river. I've zoomed in the section when she trots off into the water, as you do get to see the back view of Julie, though I've got the feeling she may be wearing undies (spoilsport). However, she certainly looks topless when she is in the water, as she discovers there is a scaly beast lurking in the water after her (no, it isn't Tarzan, it's a crocodile). Tarzan naturally leaps in to try and save her, but will he succeed? To find out (as if you need wonder), you can see the whole film on that You tube thing. But honestly, poor Julie. What was worse for her - being grabbed by the crocs or getting Crabbes?

[Heisuke]

Originally Posted by osreb

pics only

I did look back at all previous post, pardon any repost

1. Faye Raye in KIng Kong
2. another Kong pic?
3. Barbara Stanwyck in NIgh Nurses
4. Doris McMahon in Hips, Hips, Hooray
5. Racheal Brice
6. Carol Lumbard
7. unknown

I think pic 2 may be from The Sign of the Cross.

[Bounci]

Originally Posted by Heisuke

I think pic 2 may be from The Sign of the Cross.

I did an image search and you are right. It is from The Sign of the Cross from 1932. Wasn't entirely sure myself, as the gorilla threw me a bit, but great spot.

[Heisuke]

Originally Posted by Bounci

I did an image search and you are right. It is from The Sign of the Cross from 1932. Wasn't entirely sure myself, as the gorilla threw me a bit, but great spot.

I remembered seeing some photos from that movie on the pre-code.com website almost exactly a year ago, more stills and background on the movie are here:

hxxps://pre-code.com/the-sign-of-the-cross-1932-review-with-fredric-march-and-claudette-colbert/

[Bounci]

Originally Posted by Heisuke

I remembered seeing some photos from that movie on the pre-code.com website almost exactly a year ago, more stills and background on the movie are here:

hxxps://pre-code.com/the-sign-of-the-cross-1932-review-with-fredric-march-and-claudette-colbert/

Yes, that's the site I used for finding out some of these videos to put on here. It's a superb site, with some great reviews and photos.

As it is, my upload this time has not been reviewed on there, as it's from WAY back - to 1916, to be exact - to D W Griffiths' Intolerance. I came across this video clip on You tube of it's various nude moments, so for once it's not been compiled by me like this, but from another. I don't know if there is more nudity than shown here, but scenes include two topless women looking up adoringly at a woman topless under a sheer top, another woman dressed in just see thin fabric lying on her back, a naked fairy looking at a wood nymph splashing naked in a pool, an empress in a sheer dress looking at herself in a mirror, an orgy scene with topless and bottomless women, and another woman dancing naked in see through fabric. If I come across anything else from this period before I go in March I shall upload it for you all, but for now enjoy these clips from a period in history where you always thought the ladies back then kept very much buttoned up!

[krashcdm]

"Forbidden Daughters" is a pre-code short movie from 1927, directed by nude photographer Albert Arthur Allen.

"Alva receives news from her long-lost husband, Russell, and goes to Africa in search of him. There, she finds that her husband is being "held prisoner" by a naked native princess, called Loma. Now, in order to bring Russell back home, Alva must show that she's better than the princess."

Great nudity!

[lonmol]

Originally Posted by lonmol

There are two pre-code Marx Brothers films that contain EUF scenes. One's in Duck Soup, during Harpo's "Paul Revere" ride, and the other is in A Night at the Opera. The Night at the Opera scene is quite risque as Harpo tears the skirts off three women during a musical number. The main actress is very attractive, and is wearing surprisingly modern looking panties (which Harpo actually attempts to rip off at one point!). I could only find one still from the Duck Soup scene. Anyone have the clips?

Make that three EUF scenes. During a comedy routine in the film; A Day at the Races, Harpo tears the uniform off a young nurse. This was the only still I could find. Anyone have the clip?

[jblackmon]

A short vid

[lonmol]

Originally Posted by jblackmon

A short vid

Thanks jblackmon. It's interesting to see this early stuff. I wonder when the very first ENF/EUF was filmed. Motion pictures have been around since the early 1890's, so I imagine it wasn't long after that that the clothes started coming off. The guy who invented the camera probably turned to his pretty female assistant and said; why don't you get undressed, and we'll make ourselves a movie. Then, three hours later, when she was almost down to her underwear, they started filming...

[lonmol]

Originally Posted by lonmol

There are two pre-code Marx Brothers films that contain EUF scenes. One's in Duck Soup, during Harpo's "Paul Revere" ride, and the other is in A Night at the Opera. The Night at the Opera scene is quite risque as Harpo tears the skirts off three women during a musical number. The main actress is very attractive, and is wearing surprisingly modern looking panties (which Harpo actually attempts to rip off at one point!). I could only find one still from the Duck Soup scene. Anyone have the clips?

Here's a cap from the Duck Soup scene.