May 23, 2007
70 min
Full-HD

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)

Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines the rampant sexuality of early Hollywood through movie clips and reminiscences by stars of the era. Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford, Marlene Dietrich and others relate tales of the artistic freedom that led to the draconian Production Code, which governed content from 1934 to 1968. Diane Lane narrates.

Category

Documentary

Country

United States of America

Companies

A&F Productions Playboy Enterprises

Diane Lane

Narrator (voice)

Chris Basinger

Self

Jeanine Basinger

Self

Cari Beauchamp

Self

Leatrice Joy Gilbert

Self

A.C. Lyles

Self

Bob Mitchell

Self

Barry Paris

Self

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