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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

Film

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

4.3/ 10· 5200770 min
Documentary

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.

Director
Elaina Archer

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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema runs 70 minutes (1h 10m).
Who stars in Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema?
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema stars Diane Lane, Chris Basinger, Jeanine Basinger, Cari Beauchamp, Leatrice Joy Gilbert.