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Post by yanceycravat on Mar 3, 2023 6:45:06 GMT
I've seen Grapes of Wrath (1940) a number of times. Tonight I heard something I never heard before.
The family stops to fix a flat tire. Jane Darwell gets out of the truck and sits on the front bumper while Henry Fonda crawls under to fix the flat.
Fonda says, "Ma, will you get the hell off there. It's going to be heavy enough."
I was surprised I never heard this "Cuss word" before.
Am I late to the game on this one?
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Post by cmovieviewer on Mar 3, 2023 9:06:04 GMT
It is surprising to hear such an expression in any film prior to the 60’s. There is an article on Wikipedia which says that the Production Code was amended the year prior to permit the famous “Frankly my dear...” line in Gone with the Wind:
In the Grapes of Wrath case it is harder to pick up on since he’s under the car.
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Post by yanceycravat on Mar 4, 2023 1:11:56 GMT
In the Grapes of Wrath case it is harder to pick up on since he’s under the car.
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Post by sepiatone on Mar 4, 2023 17:02:34 GMT
I'm sure there are plenty of scenes like that in which a mild profanity (and considering latter day movie appearances by Joe Pesci, "Hell" is as mild as it comparatively gets) is never noticed due to ambient sounds being made at the same time, or even the thought of a profanity uttered due to ambient sounds making it seem so.
Now, no real expletive was spoken in this clip, but it shows how in some circumstances, some words can be misheard. After about a minute you can go on your way.
Sepiatone
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Post by I Love Melvin on Mar 8, 2023 22:17:59 GMT
I remember seeing Victor Mature in The Sharkfighters (1956) with my brothers at the local movie house. There was a scene where he was dragged out of the water and asked how he was. He answered "Wet as hell." and my brothers and I instantly looked at each other in shock because you never heard that word in movies, and we saw a lot of them, especially action ones where the word would be most likely to show up. So even in the 1950's it was still rare.
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Post by sepiatone on Mar 9, 2023 17:19:29 GMT
 And to think. Just NINE YEARS earlier, two of Clarence Day's children get into an argument in LIKE WITH FATHER because one brother says "Father will be going to Hell because he was never bap-TIZED." Theater patrons in your town must have fled screaming from the theater!  Sepiatone
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