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I think there is one in "In Cold Blood" in 1967. I can't imagine there being example during the Production Code era. What about European films? Or would you only find the use of the two-finger salute? 
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Apr 2, 2014 - 3:17 PM
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TomD
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I was surprised, to say the least, to see the salute in Harold Lloyd's "Speedy", a couple of years ago on TCM. Lloyd's films were squeaky-clean, family entertainment back in those days, and he wouldn't put an in-your-face crudity in his film. It was the point of the scene, not subtle at all. He would have gotten outrage and abuse from both the film industry and fans. I have to presume that the gesture simply did not have the connotation it has today, which surprises me too.
There is an instance in a 3 Stooges comedy, where one of the extra in the seats at a boxing match flashes the sign. It goes by so fast, I figured nobody ever caught it. It was one the early shorts, I don't remember which one.
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As most of us know the earliest came during the so called first risqué Hollywood period, the 20's till the early 30's, then the codes came. So for the most part that gesture would be very rare from the mid 30's till the later 60's when all those so called risqué acts came back in droves. Dig deep enough you will probably find a early one of the second era around the 66-67 period.
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