Two Billy Wilder Comedies: What a Difference a Year Makes

These films represent two eras of the Production Code Administration that promoted traditional values.
Two Billy Wilder Comedies: What a Difference a Year Makes
Audrey Hepburn on the set of Billy Wilder's film, "Sabrina." She is wearing a skirt suit and hat inspired by Hubert de Givenchy. Archive Photos/Getty Images
Tiffany Brannan
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In the mid-1950s, movie content began to change drastically. After two decades of wholesome movies that promoted traditional values and that the whole family could enjoy, the risqué, violent, and obscene content which had characterized movies of the early 1930s and before crept in again.

Hollywood historians noted that the 1930s content shift came about after the establishment of the Production Code Administration (PCA) in July 1934.

Tiffany Brannan
Tiffany Brannan
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Tiffany Brannan is a 23-year-old opera singer, Hollywood historian, vintage fashion enthusiast, and journalist. Her classic film journey started in 2016 when she and her sister started the Pure Entertainment Preservation Society to reform the arts by reinstating the Motion Picture Production Code. Tiffany launched Cinballera Entertainment in June 2023 to produce original performances which combine opera, ballet, and old films in historic SoCal venues. Having written for The Epoch Times since 2019, she became the host of a YouTube channel, The Epoch Insights, in June 2024.
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