# Old B&w movies where in the guy slaps the woman. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 3, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-b-w-movies-where-in-the-guy-slaps-the-woman/649223 "2013-02-03T16:18:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-b-w-movies-where-in-the-guy-slaps-the-woman/649223/41 "2013-02-05T03:31:52Z")
> [@Don\_Draper](#): > > Here’s a video round-up of some old time movie [Broad Slapping](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZaEP51rtmg). That is the actual name of the video BTW. > > Fair warning, I hesitated about posting a link as the vid has a fairly glib attitude toward misogyny. Some people might be offended. Given your name, you're one to talk :) ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-b-w-movies-where-in-the-guy-slaps-the-woman/649223/42 "2013-02-05T16:12:26Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Let us not forget \*McLintock!, \*which featured two spankings (mother **and** daughter), for their own good, of course. And might I just say that [Stephanie Powers](http://www.stefaniepowersonline.com/Bonanzapix.jpg) was so very hot in that movie. Well, not just in that movie; as she was (is?) a beautiful woman. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-b-w-movies-where-in-the-guy-slaps-the-woman/649223/43 "2013-02-05T16:18:27Z")
Does anyone know what [this scene](http://www.defensetech.org/images/Slapped-by-Glenn-Ford-640.jpghttp://www.defensetech.org/images/Slapped-by-Glenn-Ford-640.jpg)showing Glenn Ford slapping a woman is from? ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-b-w-movies-where-in-the-guy-slaps-the-woman/649223/44 "2013-02-05T16:20:47Z")
…and while it’s not hitting, I immediately thought of [Jimmy Cagney shoving a grapefruit into Mae Clark’s face](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4R5wZs8cxI). ---
**Author:** ![puddleglum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puddleglum/32/137_2.png) [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-b-w-movies-where-in-the-guy-slaps-the-woman/649223/45 "2013-02-06T16:38:38Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > Does anyone know what [this scene](http://www.defensetech.org/images/Slapped-by-Glenn-Ford-640.jpghttp://www.defensetech.org/images/Slapped-by-Glenn-Ford-640.jpg)showing Glenn Ford slapping a woman is from? **Evening in Byzantium** ---
**Author:** ![FrankJBN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@FrankJBN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrankJBN)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-b-w-movies-where-in-the-guy-slaps-the-woman/649223/46 "2013-02-06T17:33:50Z")
"You cannot ever separate out sex and violence. " Didn’t want to let this pass. It’s nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-b-w-movies-where-in-the-guy-slaps-the-woman/649223/47 "2013-02-06T18:39:41Z")
> [@FrankJBN](#): > > "You cannot ever separate out sex and violence. " > > Didn’t want to let this pass. It’s nonsense. Hollywood is a multi-billion dollar empire based on the premise that you are wrong. Not to mention overly literal. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-b-w-movies-where-in-the-guy-slaps-the-woman/649223/48 "2013-02-06T19:33:15Z")
Huh? There are a million examples in film of sex without violence, and vice versa. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-b-w-movies-where-in-the-guy-slaps-the-woman/649223/49 "2013-02-06T19:53:36Z")
[Roseanne Roseannadanna voice] What’s all this about sex and violins? :dubious: What? Oh. Nevermind. [/Roseanne Rosannadanna] ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-b-w-movies-where-in-the-guy-slaps-the-woman/649223/50 "2013-02-06T20:05:19Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > [Roseanne Roseannadanna voice] > > What’s all this about sex and violins? :dubious: > What? > > Oh. Nevermind. [/Roseanne Rosannadanna] This is actually Emily Litella. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-b-w-movies-where-in-the-guy-slaps-the-woman/649223/51 "2013-02-06T20:08:33Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > [Roseanne Roseannadanna voice] > > What’s all this about sex and violins? :dubious: > What? > > Oh. Nevermind. [/Roseanne Rosannadanna] Emily Litella! (Slaps Dogzilla across the face.) ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-b-w-movies-where-in-the-guy-slaps-the-woman/649223/52 "2013-02-06T20:15:48Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > And might I just say that [Stephanie Powers](http://www.stefaniepowersonline.com/Bonanzapix.jpg) was so very hot in that movie. > > Well, not just in that movie; as she was (is?) a beautiful woman. The curse of cutting and pasting a link without reading it is that you wind up looking like you forgot how to spell her name in the space of about 25 characters. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-b-w-movies-where-in-the-guy-slaps-the-woman/649223/53 "2013-02-06T20:26:00Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > This is actually Emily Litella. Sorry. :smack: Shit, you’re right. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-b-w-movies-where-in-the-guy-slaps-the-woman/649223.md?page=2)