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desilu #1 · 04-06-2005, 08:30 PM

I have been going through and watching some of my taped episodes I have and Voodoo curse was one of them. Just a thought here but if Voodoo Curse was so bad why did the theater allow the kids to go in to view this movie without an adult? I'm assuming that they rated films back then like they do now. And if Ward thought it was ok for the boys to see it why didn't he pull rank on June and give them permission? He is afterall the man of the house. JMO.

JudgeGarth · 04-06-2005, 11:19 PM

The MPAA movie rating system didn't start till about 1968.

desilu #1 · 04-07-2005, 09:36 PM

Wow! That's interesting! I bet they saw some movies that they shouldn't have back then.

JudgeGarth · 04-07-2005, 10:47 PM

You pretty much knew what you were getting back then. The violence wasn't as graphic as it is today and if there was any nudity, for example, they were shown exclusively in "art houses." Those movies that Beaver went to see would hardly merit a 'PG' today.

desilu #1 · 04-07-2005, 10:52 PM

You do make a good point, I keep forgetting how innocent things were back then.

Mijada · 04-08-2005, 07:13 PM

Yeah, they didn't rate movies back then. My mom says when she was growing up in the 40's, my grandparents wouldn't let her see a film unless it was approved by the Catholic church.

desilu #1 · 04-08-2005, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Mijada

Yeah, they didn't rate movies back then. My mom says when she was growing up in the 40's, my grandparents wouldn't let her see a film unless it was approved by the Catholic church.

Since I grew up Catholic, I can imagine your mother didn't see much, at least that's how it was for me and when I did get a taste of freedom, it practicully killed me because I didn't know how to handle it and I'm not talking about just watching the wrong movies. I bet that's why alot of the kids in the 60's went through so much. In some ways things back then might have been too sheltered. JMO.

Mijada · 04-09-2005, 12:57 PM

Actually my mom saw quite a few movies growing up. They were mostly kids movies though. They would go just about every weekend. Like JudgeGarth stated, the films weren't nearly as graphic back then so pretty much everything was suitable for children but now and then something would come up that the church found inappropriate. My mom did tell me a story about how when she was 11 or 12 she saw "The Spiral Staircase" with Dorothy McGuire and how the movie scared her so much that she had trouble going to sleep. She has no idea why the church would approve such a film and why my grandparents allowed her to see it.

04-06-2005, 08:30 PM	#1
desilu #1 Lucy/Desi 4-EVER Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 23, 2000 Location: Battle Creek, Michigan USA Posts: 724	Voodoo Curse I have been going through and watching some of my taped episodes I have and Voodoo curse was one of them. Just a thought here but if Voodoo Curse was so bad why did the theater allow the kids to go in to view this movie without an adult? I'm assuming that they rated films back then like they do now. And if Ward thought it was ok for the boys to see it why didn't he pull rank on June and give them permission? He is afterall the man of the house. JMO.
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04-06-2005, 11:19 PM	#2
JudgeGarth Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 07, 2004 Location: Wheaton, IL Posts: 443	The MPAA movie rating system didn't start till about 1968.

04-07-2005, 09:36 PM	#3
desilu #1 Lucy/Desi 4-EVER Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 23, 2000 Location: Battle Creek, Michigan USA Posts: 724	Wow! That's interesting! I bet they saw some movies that they shouldn't have back then.

04-07-2005, 10:47 PM	#4
JudgeGarth Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 07, 2004 Location: Wheaton, IL Posts: 443	You pretty much knew what you were getting back then. The violence wasn't as graphic as it is today and if there was any nudity, for example, they were shown exclusively in "art houses." Those movies that Beaver went to see would hardly merit a 'PG' today.

04-07-2005, 10:52 PM	#5
desilu #1 Lucy/Desi 4-EVER Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 23, 2000 Location: Battle Creek, Michigan USA Posts: 724	You do make a good point, I keep forgetting how innocent things were back then.

04-08-2005, 07:13 PM	#6
Mijada Spencers mom Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 02, 2001 Location: eastern US Posts: 4,093	Yeah, they didn't rate movies back then. My mom says when she was growing up in the 40's, my grandparents wouldn't let her see a film unless it was approved by the Catholic church.

04-09-2005, 12:57 PM	#8
Mijada Spencers mom Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 02, 2001 Location: eastern US Posts: 4,093	Actually my mom saw quite a few movies growing up. They were mostly kids movies though. They would go just about every weekend. Like JudgeGarth stated, the films weren't nearly as graphic back then so pretty much everything was suitable for children but now and then something would come up that the church found inappropriate. My mom did tell me a story about how when she was 11 or 12 she saw "The Spiral Staircase" with Dorothy McGuire and how the movie scared her so much that she had trouble going to sleep. She has no idea why the church would approve such a film and why my grandparents allowed her to see it.