About 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.
Full Cast of Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Diane Lane
plays Narrator (voice)
Diane Colleen Lane (born January 22, 1965) is an American actress and producer. Born and raised in New York City, Lan...
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plays Self
Jeanine Basinger
plays Self
Cari Beauchamp
plays Self
Leatrice Joy Gilbert
plays Self
Michael Schlesinger
plays Self
Budd Schulberg
plays Self
Marc Wanamaker
plays Self
William Wellman Jr.
plays Self
Michael Westmore
plays Self
Holly Madison
plays Model: Special Shoot
Betsy Moore
plays Silent Movie Theatre Actor
Paul Tucci
plays Silent Movie Theatre Actor
Roscoe Arbuckle
plays Self (archive footage)
Theda Bara
plays Self (archive footage)
Clara Bow
plays Self (archive footage)
Louise Brooks
plays Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin
plays Self (archive footage)
Joan Crawford
plays Self (archive footage)
Bebe Daniels
plays Self (archive footage)
Bette Davis
plays Self (archive footage)
Cecil B. DeMille
plays Self (archive footage)
Marlene Dietrich
plays Self (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks
plays Self (archive footage)
Greta Garbo
plays Self (archive footage)
John Gilbert
plays Self (archive footage)
Cary Grant
plays Self (archive footage)
D.W. Griffith
plays Self (archive footage)
Texas Guinan
plays Self (archive footage)
Ann Harding
plays Self (archive footage)
Jean Harlow
plays Self (archive footage)
Sessue Hayakawa
plays Self (archive footage)
William H. Hays
plays Self (archive footage)
William Randolph Hearst
plays Self (archive footage)
Leslie Howard
plays Self (archive footage)
Myrna Loy
plays Self (archive footage)
Mary Miles Minter
plays Self (archive footage)
Colleen Moore
plays Self (archive footage)
Owen Moore
plays Self (archive footage)
Pola Negri
plays Self (archive footage)
Mabel Normand
plays Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford
plays Self (voice) (archive footage)
Edna Purviance
plays Self (archive footage)
Virginia Rappe
plays Self (archive footage)
Theodore Roosevelt
plays Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck
plays Self (archive footage)
Gloria Swanson
plays Self (voice) (archive footage)
Rudolph Valentino
plays Self (archive footage)
Fannie Ward
plays Self (archive footage)
Mae West
plays Self (archive footage)
Woodrow Wilson
plays Self (archive footage)
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