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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
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
Cast

Diane Lane
Narrator (voice)
Chris Basinger
Self

Jeanine Basinger
Self
Cari Beauchamp
Self

Leatrice Joy Gilbert
Self

A.C. Lyles
Self
Bob Mitchell
Self
Barry Paris
Self

Maria Riva
Self
Michael Schlesinger
Self

Budd Schulberg
Self
Kevin Thomas
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
Paul Tucci
Silent Movie Theatre Actor

Roscoe Arbuckle
Self (archive footage)
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