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Bessie M Penson 1927 - 1997

Bessie M Penson of Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN was born on November 7, 1927, and died at age 69 years old on January 15, 1997.
Bessie M Penson
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN 37408
November 7, 1927
January 15, 1997
Female
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  • 11/7
    1927

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    November 7, 1927
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  • 01/15
    1997

    Death

    January 15, 1997
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    Bessie M Penson lived 1 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 69.
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In 1927, in the year that Bessie M Penson was born, the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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In 1930, Bessie was only 3 years old when as head of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, William Hays established a code of decency that outlined what was acceptable in films. The public - and government - had felt that films in the '20's had become increasingly risque and that the behavior of its stars was becoming scandalous. Laws were being passed. In response, the heads of the movie studios adopted a voluntary "code", hoping to head off legislation. The first part of the code prohibited "lowering the moral standards of those who see it", called for depictions of the "correct standards of life", and forbade a picture from showing any sort of ridicule towards a law or "creating sympathy for its violation". The second part dealt with particular behavior in film such as homosexuality, the use of specific curse words, and miscegenation.
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