The first use. . . .

[slaytonf]

. . . .of the word 'pregnant' in a movie?---Some Like it Hot (1959)

[LawrenceA]

...of a toilet in a Hollywood movie? Martin Balsam in  Catch-22 (1970).

[slaytonf]

...of a toilet in a Hollywood movie? Martin Balsam in  Catch-22 (1970).

 

 

Imagine that. . . 

[LawrenceA]

Imagine that. . . 

 

Do I have to?

[laffite]

"Panties" in Anatomy of a Murder, also 1959

[Princess of Tap]

The word "virgin" in The Moon Is Blue, 1953

[RoyCronin]

First interracial (black/white) kiss in a film said to be ISLAND IN THE SUN. Does anyone know otherwise?

[Sepiatone]

Interesting...

 

Like which movie was the first to employ the "F" word?

 

I really don't know.

 

Sepiatone

[darrylfxanax]

I seem to remember a toilet featured prominently some 10 years before 1970, in Hitchcock's Psycho. I think it was a sticking point with the censors, along with Leigh and Gavin being shown in the same bed, with her wearing a bra and half-slip, and of course, moments during the shower scene. Maybe the whole commode was not shown, just the flushing action. Not really sure. Interesting topic, though, being old enough to recall when so many things that are commonplace were just not shown on screen.

[TopBilled]

Interesting thread.

 

When was a TV first shown in a movie?

[RoyCronin]

I think that MASH also has the first F word usage in a major film, but I may be mistaken.

[scsu1975]

I watched a film from either the late 1950s or early 1960s (can't recall the name now) in which one of the characters used a tv remote control. I remember not paying much attention until I realized, "hey, a remote control had been invented that early?"

 

[Richard Kimble]

I seem to remember a toilet featured prominently some 10 years before 1970, in Hitchcock's Psycho. I think it was a sticking point with the censors, along with Leigh and Gavin being shown in the same bed, with her wearing a bra and half-slip, and of course, moments during the shower scene. Maybe the whole commode was not shown, just the flushing action. Not really sure. Interesting topic, though, being old enough to recall when so many things that are commonplace were just not shown on screen.

 

An early episode (c. 1957) of Leave It To Beaver (possibly the pilot) shows a toilet -- IIRC the boys get hold of a baby alligator and let it swim in the tank.

[Richard Kimble]

I think that MASH also has the first F word usage in a major film, but I may be mistaken.

 

I recall reading it was Marianne Faithfull in I'll Never Forget What's 'is Name, followed by Liz Taylor in Boom.

[Richard Kimble]

Interesting thread.

 

When was a TV first shown in a movie?

 

Mr. Mike's Mondo Video has a clip from a 1920s silent stag movie which shows a TV set.

[Richard Kimble]

The word "virgin" in The Moon Is Blue, 1953

 

ALICE FAYE: I was born in the Virgin Islands

 

SPENCER TRACY: I'm sure you left when you were very young

 

-- Now I'll Tell (1934)

[TopBilled]

Mr. Mike's Mondo Video has a clip from a 1920s silent stag movie which shows a TV set.

 

Incredible. Thanks for the info.

[RoyCronin]

This is a fascinating topic: movie firsts. I was wrong about the F word. Richard has it right, although ULYSSES is also referenced but due to heavy editing and censoring of the soundtrack may not count.

 

And yes, PSYCHO TOILET is correct.

[LawrenceA]

This is a fascinating topic: movie firsts. I was wrong about the F word. Richard has it right, although ULYSSES is also referenced but due to heavy editing and censoring of the soundtrack may not count.

 

And yes, PSYCHO TOILET is correct.

 

Psycho was the first to show a toilet. Catch-22 was the first to show someone sitting on the toilet, actually using it, which is why I mentioned Martin Balsam by name.

[RoyCronin]

Good distinction Lawrence. And how about just a urinal? I haven't been able to locate any reference to that. Or, how about first female toilet use or reference?

[LawrenceA]

Good distinction Lawrence. And how about just a urinal? I haven't been able to locate any reference to that. Or, how about first female toilet use or reference?

 

Lol...I'm not sure. I only knew the Catch-22 trivia because I read recently something about Balsam's role originally going to someone else, and Balsam dropped out of another film to take it, and how "proud" he was of the dubious distinction of being the first actor seen on a toilet.

 

Edit: It was in Stacy Keach's autobiography. He was originally cast in the Balsam role, but dropped out. Ironically, Balsam ended up on the toilet in a scene that also featured Anthony Perkins, both whom appeared in...Psycho.

[TopBilled]

When was the first use of an office computer shown? Was it 1957's DESK SET..?

[RoyCronin]

I think you may be right TopBilled about a "civilian" use computer. Science Fiction movies did use them earlier.

[kingrat]

Was Advise and Consent (1962) the first American film to show a scene in a gay bar? I know there's one in the mid-1950s French film Razzia sur le chnouf.

 

First American film where a white man looks lustfully at a black man: Odds Against Tomorrow (1959).

 

First American film where a black man and a white man implicitly are lovers: The Pawnbroker, where gangster Brock Peters apparently has a white boytoy. Of course Brock Peters had played a musician with an unrequited crush on a white man in Britain's The L-Shaped Room (1962).

[RoyCronin]

I remember in Joan Fontaine's autobio she noted that after ISLAND IN THE SUN she received frequently envelops in the mail with nickels, dimes and pennies with notes saying if she was so hard up for money (that is, doing love scenes with Harry Belafonte), maybe the change would help. I thought, wow, really?