Easy to Get (1947)
3.0 of 5 from 46 ratings
0h 22min
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- Synopsis:
Made shortly after the end of World War 2, this curious little nightmare movie addresses black soldiers. It depicts them as overgrown, impulsive, hypersexualized children who are not able to contain their primordial desires. The film's title refers to venereal disease but could equally refer to women, who in this bleak tale of misogyny are invariably represented as sexually promiscuous and solely to blame for passing along the pox. The title is perhaps also self-referential - its message is "easy to get". It was produced as part of a larger wartime "Easy to Get" multimedia anti-VD campaign (aimed at all male soldiers, not just black men). There were "Easy to Get" comic books, animated cartoons, posters, pamphlets, radio skits, even matchbooks - which tried to recruit the attention of their target audience by showing views of provocatively sexy women alongside queasy glimpses of festering genitals, oozing sores, and congenital deformities. An unbeatable combination. - Actors:
- Wendell Corey, Ruby Dee, Russell Evans, Louise Franklin, Suzette Harbin, Joe Louis, Ralph Metcalfe, Jesse Owens, Ken Renard, Paul Robeson, Max Schmeling, Howard Washington
- Directors:
- Joseph M. Newman
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Documentary, Special Interest
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