Again,I'm surprised this was released in 1960...considering all the problems with public bathrooms assignment today..
Lord Queenbury-the father of Lord Alfred-leaves a note with the concierge of Oscar Wildes hotel-it read "Oscar Wilde is posing as a SODOMITE"- the concierge had to look up the meaning of SODOMITE in a dictionary and the definition was shown on camera..it was a detailed explanation . I'm just surprised this passed the US censor. Maybe,they couldn't read fast enough....
1. I'm not sure why you think the dictionary definition would have posed a problem for censors. Based on other movies that were made at that time I think things had already started to change. Movies made starting in the mid to late fifties were a lot more blatant as compared to a few decades before.
2. The definition I saw on the screen seemed fairly mild but that may be because I'm looking at it from today's perspective. All it said was 'someone addicted to unnatural practices'. If that was shocking back then imagine how scandalous today's Merriam-Webster definition would be.
3. The fact it seemed to be from an actual dictionary probably made it okay to show onscreen. It information anyone could look up for themselves. If they were using the word gay, as its used at the end of the movie, why would the definition be an issue? That word had, unfortunately, already taken on its current, less joyful, meaning.
Woman, man! That's the way it should be Tarzan. [Tarzan and his mate]