tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post3218100868218405742..comments2023-09-25T10:15:41.979-04:00Comments on NYSocBoy's Beefcake and Bonding: Gangster's Boy: Jackie Cooper Falls in LoveNYSocBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06658785942817017972noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-4927732665389016732019-07-28T13:35:35.298-04:002019-07-28T13:35:35.298-04:00I think I have some posts on the Bowery Boys from ...I think I have some posts on the Bowery Boys from back in 2012 or 2013. In "Dead End" the whole gang goes swimming, and there are several movies with Leo Gorcey or Bobby Jordan in boxing trunks.NYSocBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06658785942817017972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-5778993400523430312019-07-28T12:37:55.510-04:002019-07-28T12:37:55.510-04:00Studios knew how to market their hunkier male star...Studios knew how to market their hunkier male stars - so they were always doing boxing pictures, taking showers when ever possible specially in prison movies, there were also plenty of publicity beefcake shots in which the star was shown in some sport activity or working out to get ready for a role. Check out John Garfield and the Bowery Boys in "They Made Me A Criminal"(1939) plenty of beefcake on displayjaragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14424886904148460509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-76721585335553107512018-04-09T06:08:52.230-04:002018-04-09T06:08:52.230-04:00Thanks for the info. I do always take the time to ...Thanks for the info. I do always take the time to explain the Hays Code (including the heterosexism) though. People are surprised at what was allowed and what wasn't.<br /><br />Same thing happens with anime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-47704318138554936362018-04-08T13:32:18.361-04:002018-04-08T13:32:18.361-04:00The shirtless pics, including the one with the bul...The shirtless pics, including the one with the bulge, are actually not from a movie, but from a magazine article. After a childhood spent mainly as a crying waif, Jackie was being marketed as a teen hunk who enjoyed swimming and boxing.NYSocBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06658785942817017972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-7338450804339032872018-04-08T09:38:19.454-04:002018-04-08T09:38:19.454-04:00Leaving aside that the first Code movie, Tarzan an...Leaving aside that the first Code movie, Tarzan and His Mate (with a host of last-minute edits), was released when Jackie Cooper was 11, bulges really weren't against the Code.<br /><br />Nudity was, to an extent. Male nudity that "made sense" (swimming, bathing, showering) was somewhat acceptable, as were blink and you'll miss it dick slips. Female nudity was actually treated with more censorship than male nudity, really Psycho was controversial for having a woman in the shower despite shots of men showering throughout the Code era going back to Weissmuller's friendly rival, Buster Crabbe. (And recall, Psycho was still before radical feminism highlighted the issue of sexualized violence.)<br /><br />Because women weren't sexual brings and gay guys didn't exist; male nudity was simply not in as many movies because...women weren't sexual brings and gay guys didn't exist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-82031997030446047082013-03-02T02:07:01.025-05:002013-03-02T02:07:01.025-05:00Jackie Cooper preceded Skippy with a stint in the ...Jackie Cooper preceded Skippy with a stint in the Our Gang films just as sound was added to the series. They were shown on TCM just a few years back when they hosted a salute to Hal Roach and his studio.Ben Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06383070310172458436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-18978305421698399422013-01-03T06:48:28.687-05:002013-01-03T06:48:28.687-05:00That bulge must have been pre-code. Did Jackie Coo...That bulge must have been pre-code. Did Jackie Cooper have a swimsuit scene in all of his movies?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814549419838495324.post-50814866328576732362012-11-12T13:28:20.497-05:002012-11-12T13:28:20.497-05:00That pool shot is amazing.That pool shot is amazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com