Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

2007, documentary

70 minutes

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...

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Cast

Diane Lane

Diane Lane

Narrator (voice)

A.C. Lyles

A.C. Lyles

Self

Maria Riva

Maria Riva

Self

Mark Viera

Mark Viera

Self

Holly Madison

Model: Special Shoot

Betsy Moore

Silent Movie Theatre Actor

Paul Tucci

Silent Movie Theatre Actor

Roscoe Arbuckle

Roscoe Arbuckle

Self (archive footage)

Theda Bara

Theda Bara

Self (archive footage)

Clara Bow

Clara Bow

Self (archive footage)

Louise Brooks

Louise Brooks

Self (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Self (archive footage)

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford

Self (archive footage)

Bebe Daniels

Bebe Daniels

Self (archive footage)

Bette Davis

Bette Davis

Self (archive footage)

Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil B. DeMille

Self (archive footage)

Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich

Self (archive footage)

Douglas Fairbanks

Douglas Fairbanks

Self (archive footage)

Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo

Self (archive footage)

John Gilbert

John Gilbert

Self (archive footage)

Cary Grant

Cary Grant

Self (archive footage)

D.W. Griffith

D.W. Griffith

Self (archive footage)

Texas Guinan

Self (archive footage)

Ann Harding

Ann Harding

Self (archive footage)

Jean Harlow

Jean Harlow

Self (archive footage)

Sessue Hayakawa

Sessue Hayakawa

Self (archive footage)

Will H. Hays

Self (archive footage)

William Randolph Hearst

Self (archive footage)

Leslie Howard

Leslie Howard

Self (archive footage)

Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy

Self (archive footage)

Mary Miles Minter

Self (archive footage)

Colleen Moore

Colleen Moore

Self (archive footage)

Owen Moore

Owen Moore

Self (archive footage)

Pola Negri

Pola Negri

Self (archive footage)

Mabel Normand

Mabel Normand

Self (archive footage)

Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Edna Purviance

Edna Purviance

Self (archive footage)

Virginia Rappe

Self (archive footage)

Theodore Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)

Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck

Self (archive footage)

Gloria Swanson

Gloria Swanson

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Rudolph Valentino

Rudolph Valentino

Self (archive footage)

Fannie Ward

Self (archive footage)

Mae West

Mae West

Self (archive footage)

Woodrow Wilson

Self (archive footage)

Crew

Art

Camera

Costume and make-up

Kristen Kirst

Costume supervisor

Directing

Elaina Archer

Director

Editing

Elaina Archer

Editor

Production

Marvin Paige

Associate producer

John Sinner

Associate producer

Barbara Lockridge

Associate producer

Sarah J. Baker

Associate producer

Michael Yakaitis

Co-producer

Hugh Hefner

Hugh Hefner

Executive producer

Elaina Archer

Producer

Sound

Maria Newman

Original music composer

Writing

Scott Eyman

Writer

Elaina Archer

Writer

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