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10 Old Hollywood Comedies That Are Surprisingly Dark According to CBR

Many modern Americans have a shared mental image of what the old Hollywood comedies were like. In the minds of modern audiences, early 20th-century movies—especially those released under the Hayes code—tended to be wholesome, upbeat, and reliant more on slapstick or screwball dialogue than on satirical commentary. However, a closer examination of Hollywood movies in the 1940s and earlier reveals that early filmmakers–even when hampered by censorship and restrictive societal norms–were willing to explore dark and complex ideas. These older films may seem clean-cut and family-friendly from the outside, but actually watching them reveals something far less naive than this popular conception would suggest.
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Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   85%
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The Bullfighters (1945)
The Bullfighters (1945)
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Duck Soup (1933)
Duck Soup (1933)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
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The Great Dictator (1940)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
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I'll Never Heil Again (1941)
I'll Never Heil Again (1941)
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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
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Meet John Doe (1941)
Meet John Doe (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
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The Miracle of Morgan'S Creek (1944)
The Miracle of Morgan'S Creek (1944)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
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To Be or Not to Be (1942)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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You Nazty Spy! (1940)
You Nazty Spy! (1940)
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