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IMDb "User Limit" stopped me updating/correcting CHILD BRIDE revw! Why?


Feb. 10, 2015
Columbia PA USA
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I re-wrote a review I created about CHILD BRIDE (1937) and was informed by a seemingly "automatic" message from IMDb.Com I had arrived at a "User Limit" and no more changes or updates or editing of my review on IMDb.Com of CHILD BRIDE would be permitted.

Why?

I've written 112 movie reviews published by IMDb.Com (most duplicated on the Amazon.Com database, which also accepts movie reviews....it is notable that Amazon.Com owns WWW.IMDb.Com).

This "User Limit" was never imposed before on any writing or re-writing/editing I did and submitted.

My writing about CHILD BRIDE (1937) was not re-edited frequently, and my writing has in no way been inappropriate or offensive.

I am a movie scholar, and have taught movie history in respected, accredited USA colleges and been honored for doing that.

My most recent update/re-write of my CHILD BRIDE (1937) review was an attempt to change the wrongly earlier submitted copyright date from 1938 to 1937, and also to call attention to 1937 current news about back woods society in Tennessee then widely reported as part of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) federal dam building project, which claimed the federal govt. was helping poor people in Tennessee. News about poor people in Tennessee (people similar socially to those portrayed in CHILD BRIDE) was big in 1937.

The motive of movie makers for creating CHILD BRIDE in 1937, I stated in my refused updated/edited movie review, was importantly connected with a big LIFE Magazine article (photo article) in the February 15, 1937 edition about a 1936 Tennessee "child bride" marriage, and also connected to interest in social problems encountered and complicated by the TVA, which was (still is) very controversial.

None of this will be published by IMDb.Com as part of my submitted and published review, which continues to invite me to "edit" the review, but then refuses all further writing when I try to submit an edited re-write about CHILD BRIDE.

My updated review with new and corrected information about CHILD BRIDE (1937) is currently posted (was accepted with no trouble) on the Amazon.Com website "Child Bride" (1937) starring Shirley Mills page.

I gave the movie a 5 star rating, the best possible rating on the Amazon.Com system. My headline, for those who want to read my updated CHILD BRIDE review now on Amazon.Com (02-10-2015) is CHILD BRIDE (1937) WAS BASED ON A 1937 NEWS STORY ABOUT A 9 YEAR OLD BRIDE IN TENNESSEE, and my author name (also my real name) is David R. Allen of Columbia PA USA.

My review comes up immediately if visitor to the Amazon.Com site seeking my review "click" on the "5 Star Reviews" (mine is at the top of a group of 4 as of 2/10/15).

Paste the following URL website address into your computer URL browser box to get to my review quickly:

http://www.amazon.com/Child-Bride-Shirley-Mills/product-reviews/B002SIDGSA/ref=cm_cr_dp_qt_hist_five?ie=UTF8&filterBy=addFiveStar&showViewpoints=0

Thanks for the interest of any who may be reading this, and want updated information about this important movie.

The "User Limit" explanation for my writing being refused seems doubtful, but there is nothing I can do about it.
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David R. Allen,
Columbia PA USA
[email protected]

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