Photos favorited by Gerald A. DeLuca

  • <p>Source: Motion Picture Herald, December 31, 1955</p>
  • <p>1929.10.04</p>
  • <p>My 1989 photo during the Montreal World Film Festival.</p>
  • <p>April 3, 1978</p>
  • <p>A 1940 Hungarian film specially shown here in 1955.</p>
  • <p>Looks like a 1940 Hungarian film, “Two Nights of Mary”, shown in 1955. Postcard publicity.</p>
  • <p>April 24, 1946.  First Boston showings were at this theatre.</p>
  • <p>1941, entrance.</p>
  • <p>August 28, 1946.</p>
  • <p>Book on San Francisco theatres worth finding.</p>
  • <p>An artistic representation of the Lyric Theatre in this city. Artist: Dale Blaney.</p>
  • <p>Good book to find.</p>
  • <p>Source - Daily News (Perth, WA) Wednesday 23 March 1955 page 22</p>
            
              <h1>One Summer of Happiness’ (produced in 1954) at the time  was highly controversial in Australia as it featured a close-up of Ulla Jacobson’s breasts.</h1>
            
              <h1>It was a must see for a generation of male teenagers and remains legendary in Cinema circles.</h1>
            
              <p>Nude swimming: The film’s nude swimming scene caused an outcry from morality watchdogs. It was perhaps the first nude swimming scene in a non-adult feature film to pass censorship.</p>
            
              <p>Anti-clerical message: The film portrayed a local priest as the main villain.</p>
            
              <p>Love scene: - The film included a close-up of Ulla Jacobson’s breasts. Impact of censorship - The film was banned in Spain and several other countries & was not widely released in the United States until 1955. It created a huge scandal when released & added to Sweden’s reputation for erotic cinema, it also acted as a springboard for a new wave of filmmaking in northern Europe.</p>
            
              <p>Other notes - The film won Berlin’s Golden Bear award. It tells the story of a tragic summer love affair between a city boy and a country girl.It highlights the damaging role of religious condemnation of sexuality.</p>
            
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  • <p>Opened here in 1968.</p>
  • <p>September 17, 1958.  NY opening week.</p>
  • <p>October 26, 1965.</p>
  • <p>July 24, 1956</p>
  • <p>A 1917 publicity card.</p>
  • <p>From the program booklet of “The 400 Blows” which opened here in late 1959.</p>
  • <p>October 29, 1965</p>
  • <p>1966</p>
  • <p>Source: Motion Picture Daily, April 19, 1956</p>