Caught In The Act
October, 1964
When May Irwin and John C. Rice electrified nickelodeon audiences with the screen's first flickering kiss--a prim 60-second buss which was the smash scandal of 1896--moving pictures became not only big business but also a magnifying mirror for the moral moods of their times. They still are; but times, happily, have changed. Keeping pace with moviegoers, the movies have since learned to dish up the facts of life with unblushing frankness. Licit and illicit, sex is today bigger box office than eve...
