# Aspects of Classic Movies that haven’t Aged Badly **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [June 12, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspects-of-classic-movies-that-haven-t-aged-badly/944137 "2021-06-12T18:40:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspects-of-classic-movies-that-haven-t-aged-badly/944137/1 "2021-06-12T18:40:24Z")
_ **Risky Business** _ was released in 1983. In one scene, a character notes how outrageous it was to spend four dollars for a cup of hot chocolate. I think most people would consider that a steep price even today, nearly 40 years later. Compare that to gas or grocery prices from movies of that era. Are there any other examples of little details that _haven’t_ aged all that badly? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspects-of-classic-movies-that-haven-t-aged-badly/944137/2 "2021-06-13T02:28:05Z")
It is still okay to hate Nazis. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5sp3dIyNA2A/hqdefault.jpg "Nazis,I hate these guys.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sp3dIyNA2A) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspects-of-classic-movies-that-haven-t-aged-badly/944137/3 "2021-06-13T02:31:15Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > It is still okay to hate Nazis Especially when they are from Illinois. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspects-of-classic-movies-that-haven-t-aged-badly/944137/4 "2021-06-14T04:56:17Z")
Can we PLEASE confine the descriptor “Classic Movies” to films that were released under the studio system? Y’all are making me feel old. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspects-of-classic-movies-that-haven-t-aged-badly/944137/5 "2021-06-14T07:31:40Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Y’all are making me feel old. I AM old, and they’re making me feel older. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspects-of-classic-movies-that-haven-t-aged-badly/944137/6 "2021-06-14T08:05:03Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > released under the studio system I don’t know what this means. Does that make me young? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspects-of-classic-movies-that-haven-t-aged-badly/944137/7 "2021-06-14T12:54:06Z")
The studio system is when the production of films was dominated by just a few large companies who usually made those films on their own lots. This is usually dated as being from the 1920s to the 1960s. They usually did their own distribution of the films. They usually had their actors under contracts: > **[Studio system](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_system)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > A studio system is a method of filmmaking wherein the production and distribution of films is dominated by a small number of large movie studios. It is most often used in reference to Hollywood motion picture studios during the Golden Age of Hollywood from the 1920s to 1960s, wherein studios produced films primarily on their own filmmaking lots with creative personnel under often long-term contract, and dominated exhibition through vertical integr... > **[Star system (filmmaking)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_system_(filmmaking))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > The star system was the method of creating, promoting and exploiting stars in Hollywood films from the 1920s until the 1960s. Movie studios would select promising young actors and glamorise and create personas for them, often inventing new names and even new backgrounds. Examples of stars who went through the star system include Cary Grant (born Archibald Leach), Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur), and Rock Hudson (born Roy Harold Scherer, J...