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Rozmarné léto Capricious Summer 1968 Eastmancolor

https://archive.org/details/capricious-summer_202211

https://archive.org/details/capricious-summer

Comedy with English subtitles

Murder, He Says 1945

https://archive.org/details/1945-fre...murder-he-says

Horror-mystery

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Originally Posted by business_kid (Post 6447814)

Well, being guided by the different filters imposed by both of us here, I'm afraid, for us anyhow, "Female" falls into the 'lead balloon' category.

What did you think of Dames 1934?

Those were different times. Today's entertainment was yet future.

Superhet radio was yet future. If a family owned a radio, it had 4 knobs.

sensitivity
frequency
2 filter/amplifier stages, the second of which demodulated the signal.

That list varied of course.

On any evening, The aerial might be adjusted, and a two hour chase would begin trying to land a station and make it audible. Earphones were common; a speaker required another valve. Or if you went out and paid out hard-earned cash to go to the cinema, you weren't hugely fussy about what was on. For big events, more local radio stations relayed them. A common route to the States for Ireland was Ireland ==> Iceland ==> Greenland ==> Canada ==> U.S.

Dames seems like fairly harmless nonsense, except that it's ridden with the political, racial & sexual prejudices which bedevil America still. Disney was always poor that way. I'd tire of it inside 20 minutes, in all likelihood.

I think the trailer says it's got 250 "females" in it, especially towards the end.

Some of the 1930s films, like Female, show people being commanded by a leader, an idea derived from the militarism of WW1, and which developed into fascist governments. WW2 and the economic success of Western democracies demonstrated that fascism is a bad idea, as it does not allow "speaking truth to power" and diversity and hence cannot adapt, repair, error-correct, improve, innovate, etc etc.

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Originally Posted by grumpyskeptic (Post 6450036)

I can't imagine the 250 of today's females all obeying one man. Maybe in Iran?

Most forms of power or rulership require far-sighted wisdom, and the complete set of Christian Qualities for good rulership.

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Originally Posted by business_kid (Post 6450067)

Most forms of power or rulership require far-sighted wisdom, and the complete set of Christian Qualities for good rulership.

A lot of films seem to depict fascism, for example the extra-judicial killings of James Bond, and the coercions of crime horror and western movies.

The Office Wife 1930

https://archive.org/details/the-office-wife-1930

"You got this [promotion] on your work. What I mean is, charm counts. But you got this on your brains. Don't forget that."

No longer available.

The Woman Between 1931

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkXQWgSEjJg

https://ia801806.us.archive.org/13/i.../123123213.mp4

By Candlelight 1933

https://archive.org/details/by-candl...ndi-paul-lukas

Comedy

Made for Each Other, 1939, a newlywed parody: https://archive.org/details/madefore...9carolelombard. Realistic quote: "you always put things behind things" :)

Winchester '73, 1950, classic western: https://youtu.be/SFrbji_NaWc!