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TH12 · 11-22-2006, 06:50 AM

I've long been a collector of trivia. How about everyone toss one into a thread?

I'll start.

What was the first major Hollywood movie to relax the previously strict moral code and show a male actor with hair on his chest? Who was the actor? And what year was it released?

Hint: Previously, they had shown male actors with bare chests, but had always shaved them, in order to prevent the young women from being swept away by the lust the sight of naturally hirstute men would likely cause.

Dr. No. Saun Connery. 1961. (I hope I've spelled his name right.) They didn't shave him because in makeup, he just refused to be shaven. So in frustration, they let it go. Standards went looser fast, after that. Within a very few years women were shown with bare chests . . . and so on.

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TH12 Upright Location: Aiken, SC, USA	Collecting Trivia I've long been a collector of trivia. How about everyone toss one into a thread? I'll start. What was the first major Hollywood movie to relax the previously strict moral code and show a male actor with hair on his chest? Who was the actor? And what year was it released? Hint: Previously, they had shown male actors with bare chests, but had always shaved them, in order to prevent the young women from being swept away by the lust the sight of naturally hirstute men would likely cause. Dr. No. Saun Connery. 1961. (I hope I've spelled his name right.) They didn't shave him because in makeup, he just refused to be shaven. So in frustration, they let it go. Standards went looser fast, after that. Within a very few years women were shown with bare chests . . . and so on.