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

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Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Diane Lane

      Narrator (voice)

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      Chris Basinger

      Self

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      Jeanine Basinger

      Self

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      Cari Beauchamp

      Self

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      Leatrice Joy Gilbert

      Self

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      A.C. Lyles

      Self

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      Bob Mitchell

      Self

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      Barry Paris

      Self

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      Maria Riva

      Self

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      Michael Schlesinger

      Self

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      Budd Schulberg

      Self

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      Kevin Thomas

      Self

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      Mark Viera

      Self

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      Marc Wanamaker

      Self

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      William Wellman Jr.

      Self

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      Michael Westmore

      Self

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      Holly Madison

      Model: Special Shoot

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      Betsy Moore

      Silent Movie Theatre Actor

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      Paul Tucci

      Silent Movie Theatre Actor

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      Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

      Self (archive footage)

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      Theda Bara

      Self (archive footage)

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      Clara Bow

      Self (archive footage)

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      Louise Brooks

      Self (archive footage)

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      Charlie Chaplin

      Self (archive footage)

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      Joan Crawford

      Self (archive footage)

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      Bebe Daniels

      Self (archive footage)

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      Bette Davis

      Self (archive footage)

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      Cecil B. DeMille

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      Marlene Dietrich

      Self (archive footage)

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      Douglas Fairbanks

      Self (archive footage)

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      Greta Garbo

      Self (archive footage)

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      John Gilbert

      Self (archive footage)

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      Cary Grant

      Self (archive footage)

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      D.W. Griffith

      Self (archive footage)

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      Texas Guinan

      Self (archive footage)

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      Ann Harding

      Self (archive footage)

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      Jean Harlow

      Self (archive footage)

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      Sessue Hayakawa

      Self (archive footage)

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      William H. Hays

      Self (archive footage)

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      William Randolph Hearst

      Self (archive footage)

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      Leslie Howard

      Self (archive footage)

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      Myrna Loy

      Self (archive footage)

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      Mary Miles Minter

      Self (archive footage)

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      Colleen Moore

      Self (archive footage)

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      Owen Moore

      Self (archive footage)

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      Pola Negri

      Self (archive footage)

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      Mabel Normand

      Self (archive footage)

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      Mary Pickford

      Self (voice) (archive footage)

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      Edna Purviance

      Self (archive footage)

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      Virginia Rappe

      Self (archive footage)

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      Theodore Roosevelt

      Self (archive footage)

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      Barbara Stanwyck

      Self (archive footage)

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      Gloria Swanson

      Self (voice) (archive footage)

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      Rudolph Valentino

      Self (archive footage)

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      Fannie Ward

      Self (archive footage)

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      Mae West

      Self (archive footage)

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      Woodrow Wilson

      Self (archive footage)

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • hays code
    • censorship