Screening as part of Academy's 2025 Controversial Film Festival February 15 - March 8th spotlighting some of Cinema's most notorious, banned & censored titles!Mae West once said, "I believe in censorship. I made a fortune out of it."
Enjoy two bawdy, entertaining examples of pre-code 'smut' films often credited for helping to usher in the more strict crackdown of censorship in Hollywood!
Home-wrecking, promiscuity, premarital sex, attempted murder, and double entendres abound in these two cheeky titles starring two of the most controversial sexpots of the 30s, Jean Harlow and Mae West!
Includes 20min intermission.
Rated PG 145 minutes
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RED-HEADED WOMAN (1932)
dir. Jack Conway
79min
A gold digger (Jean Harlow) breaks up her boss's (Chester Morris) marriage and sins her way to financial success.
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SHE DONE HIM WRONG (1933)
dir. Lowell Sherman
66min
A seductive saloon singer (Mae West) fights off smugglers, an escaped ex-boyfriend con and a Salvation Army officer (Cary Grant) out to reform her.
Event Venue
44 Lorne Street, Auckland, New Zealand 1010, New Zealand
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