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

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

Documentary
Release Date: 2007, May 23
Directors: Elaina Archer
Countries: United States of America
Production: AF Productions, Playboy Enterprises
Cast: Diane Lane, Leslie Howard, Kevin Thomas, Holly Madison, Gloria Swanson, Charlie Chaplin, Marlene Dietrich, John Gilbert, Cary Grant, Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Crawford

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.

Keywords:

censorship hays code