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      Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

      2008 1h 8m Documentary List
      Reviews 45% 50+ Ratings Audience Score Archival interviews with Hollywood icons like Gloria Swanson illustrate the evolution of onscreen sexuality and the scandals that led to the establishment of the Production Code. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member A simple but lacking of style documentary of basically the early exploits of sexuality on screen. It's amazing what they got way with at the time & how they got around censorship so cleverly & deceptively. Focuses mainly on the 1920's & 30's mainly but is a great research tool to how it was. Much scandal & naughty behavior was often included in film & all was ok if there was a moral ending. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member good doc gr8 pre-code clips from some of my faves Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Just a clip show but what great clips from pre-code Hollywood. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Archival interviews with Hollywood icons like Gloria Swanson illustrate the evolution of onscreen sexuality and the scandals that led to the establishment of the Production Code.
      Director
      Elaine Archer
      Producer
      Hugh Hefner
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      English
      Runtime
      1h 8m