Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

2007-05-23 - 70 minutes

4.90 / 10

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.

Screenplay

Writer - Scott Eyman

Genres

Documentary

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Cast

Diane Lane

Diane Lane

Narrator (voice)

Holly Madison

Holly Madison

Model: Special Shoot

Betsy Moore

Betsy Moore

Silent Movie Theatre Actor

Paul Tucci

Paul Tucci

Silent Movie Theatre Actor

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Self (archive footage)

Theda Bara

Theda Bara

Self (archive footage)

Clara Bow

Clara Bow

Self (archive footage)

Louise Brooks

Louise Brooks

Self (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Self (archive footage)

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford

Self (archive footage)