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Word: luraschi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...many cases, e.g., The Key, Desire Under the Elms, defiance of the code has produced superior films that would have been flattened under rigid adherence to the rules. Says Luigi Luraschi, Paramount's agent in charge of code compliance: "Once upon a time the movies had a tendency to leer at sex. I think perhaps the first inkling was in the good foreign pictures shown here that handled sex rather forthrightly but still in good taste. American producers began to see the light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD: Decoded | 11/3/1958 | See Source »

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