Talk:Sex Madness

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A Pornography wiki project template has been added to this talk page, but having seen the exploitation film (which is available on the Internet Archive via the link in the article), I am not sure if Sex Madness can be classified as pornography except in the loosest definition, especially since real pornographic films existed when this film was made. Just a comment. Deanlaw (talk) 19:26, 12 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia and IMDb notwithstanding, this film is from the early 1930s, not 1938. The production values, music, hairstyles, clothing etc., are all from the early 1930s. "Sex Madness" started out as a stage show and began screenings as a film sometime in 1934. A search of the Newspapers.com database returns numerous citations for the years 1934-1937. For instance, Page 7 of the March 6, 1934, edition of the Passaic, N.J., Herald-News refers to "advertising used outside the Playhouse Theatre in connection with the motion picture 'Sex Madness'." Page 12 of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette of April 3, 1936: "It is true that certain pictures have been banned from the screen in our state (that had been released by producers): 'Sex Madness,' 'No More Children,' 'Streets of Sorrow,' 'Potemkin' and others." The title card of the print streaming on Amazon Prime reads SEX MADNESS © COPYRIGHTED MCMXXXIV FILM VENTURES INC.

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