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Stupidity, Scarface and The Unpopular Censors

November 10, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Paul Muni Karen Morley and George Raft in Scarface on 1940 Max Cinema Cavalcade Card

A 1932 letter to the editors of Motion Picture Magazine takes issue with the censors and Howard Hughes’ Scarface. The writer calls the film “dainty” and says the censors are “making suckers out of all of us.”

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: censors, Howard Hughes, Joseph Breen, Paul Muni, PCA, Scarface, Will Hays

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