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Willie Smith 1920 - 1962

Willie Smith was born on January 22, 1920, and died at age 42 years old in January 1962. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Willie Smith.
Willie Smith
January 22, 1920
January 1962
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Willie Smith's History: 1920 - 1962

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  • 01/22
    1920

    Birthday

    January 22, 1920
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  • 01/dd
    1962

    Death

    January 1962
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    Willie Smith lived 31 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 41.
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In 1920, in the year that Willie Smith was born, speakeasies replaced saloons as the center of social activity. After the 18th Amendment was ratified and selling alcohol became illegal, saloons closed and speakeasies took their place. Speakeasies, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". There were a lot of them and they were very popular. And where saloons often prohibited women, they were encouraged at speakeasies because of the added profits.
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In 1930, at the age of only 10 years old, Willie was alive 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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