Well, Mae West's "why don't you come up and see me..." springs immediately to mind. Frank, Michael wrote: > [with the usual apologies for duplication] > > > > in 1958 [north by northwest] eva marie saint says to cary grant > something like "i have no plans for tonight and my book isn't very > interesting" -- and we know she's inviting him to her bed . . . in 1971 > [play misty for me] jessica walter says to clint eastwood "right, no > strings attached, but that doesn't mean we can't sleep together tonight > if we want to" . . . while this may fall short of the "let's screw" > which one might expect today, the increased explicitness clearly > reflects the changes [in both sexual mores and codes of representation] > that are a function of what have since come to call the sexual > revolution of the sixties > > > > it would be interesting to trace these changes, which leads to the > question: can anyone cite earlier examples in mainstream cinema [i.e. > films aimed at a mass audience] of this kind of sexual explicitness - or > of later developments that raised the bar even higher [or lower, > depending on your POV] . . . > > > > thoughts?? > > > > mike > > > ---- > Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the > University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu