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

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.

Directing:

Elaina Archer

Writing:

Elaina Archer
Scott Eyman

Stars:

Release Date: 2007-05-23

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4.9/10

Country: US
Language: English
Runtime: 70

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Diane Lane — Diane Lane
Narrator (voice)

Maria Riva — Maria Riva
Self

Theda Bara — Theda Bara
Self (archive footage)

Clara Bow — Clara Bow
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Louise Brooks — Louise Brooks
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Charlie Chaplin — Charlie Chapl...
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Joan Crawford — Joan Crawford
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Bebe Daniels — Bebe Daniels
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Bette Davis — Bette Davis
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Cecil B. DeMille — Cecil B. DeMi...
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Marlene Dietrich — Marlene Dietr...
Self (archive footage)

Douglas Fairbanks — Douglas Fairb...
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Greta Garbo — Greta Garbo
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Cary Grant — Cary Grant
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D.W. Griffith — D.W. Griffith
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Texas Guinan — Texas Guinan
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Ann Harding — Ann Harding
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Jean Harlow — Jean Harlow
Self (archive footage)

Leslie Howard — Leslie Howard
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Myrna Loy — Myrna Loy
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Colleen Moore — Colleen Moore
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Pola Negri — Pola Negri
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Mabel Normand — Mabel Normand
Self (archive footage)

Mary Pickford — Mary Pickford
Self (voice) (archive footage)

Edna Purviance — Edna Purvianc...
Self (archive footage)

Barbara Stanwyck — Barbara Stanw...
Self (archive footage)

Gloria Swanson — Gloria Swanso...
Self (voice) (archive footage)

Rudolph Valentino — Rudolph Valen...
Self (archive footage)

Fannie Ward — Fannie Ward
Self (archive footage)

Mae West — Mae West
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Leatrice Joy Gilbert — Leatrice Joy...
Self

A.C. Lyles — A.C. Lyles
Self

Budd Schulberg — Budd Schulber...
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Mark Viera — Mark Viera
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Marc Wanamaker — Marc Wanamake...
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William Wellman Jr. — William Wellm...
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Michael Westmore — Michael Westm...
Self

Sessue Hayakawa — Sessue Hayaka...
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Mary Miles Minter — Mary Miles Mi...
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Owen Moore — Owen Moore
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Virginia Rappe — Virginia Rapp...
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Theodore Roosevelt — Theodore Roos...
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Woodrow Wilson — Woodrow Wilso...
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D. W. Griffith — D. W. Griffit...

William H. Hays — William H. Ha...
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Holly Madison — Holly Madison
Model: Special Shoot

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle — Roscoe 'Fatty...
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Roscoe Arbuckle — Roscoe Arbuck...
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