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“What I like about The CineForum and Reg Hartt and what makes him a valuable figure is his belief in cinema as a living, breathing thing, something to be enjoyed and argued about, not genuflected at or framed on a wall and revered at a respected distance. In his presentations he refutes the conventional wisdom that films like THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915), THE BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925), and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925) are better appreciated as historical artifacts than entertainments. To see KID DRACULA, his show that pairs F. W. Murnau’s NOSFERATU (1922) with Radiohead to surprisingly effective results is to be reminded that the classics were made for the raw public before they were made for cinema studies syllabi. I have rarely felt a film’s greatness in a classroom but I have often felt it at Reg Hartt’s CineForum.”—a cinema studies student.

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Reg Hartt talks about Mae West

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July 17, 2022

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Reg Hartt talks about Mae West

Mae West was paid $5,000.00 a week to guest star in NIGHT AFTER NIGHT (1932). The film’s star, George Raft, was paid $125.00 a week.

Paramount Pictures, the studio that produced the film, was facing bankruptcy.

THE MOTION PICTURE CODE OF CENSORS and THE CATHOLIC LEGION OF DECENCY were determined to keep Mae West off the screen.

She was a bad girl who did good.–Reg Hartt

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