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

Directed by Elaina Archer

Documentary · 1h 10min

 

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

Directed by Elaina Archer

Documentary · 1h 10min

 

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... see more

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... see more
RELEASED
23 May, 2007
COUNTRY
US
LANGUAGE
EN
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English
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