Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
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.
Cast
Diane Lane
Narrator (voice)
Jeanine Basinger
Self
Leatrice Joy Gilbert
Self
A.C. Lyles
Self
Maria Riva
Self
Budd Schulberg
Self
Mark Viera
Self
Marc Wanamaker
Self
William Wellman Jr.
Self
Michael Westmore
Self
Holly Madison
Model: Special Shoot
Betsy Moore
Silent Movie Theatre Actor
Roscoe Arbuckle
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