Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2007-05-23
  • User Rating: 4.9/10 from 4 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 10min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: A&F Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Elaina Archer
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Summary

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.

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  • Diane Lane

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Chris Basinger

    as Self

  • Jeanine Basinger

    as Self

  • Cari Beauchamp

    as Self

  • Leatrice Joy Gilbert

    as Self

  • A.C. Lyles

    as Self

  • Bob Mitchell

    as Self

  • Barry Paris

    as Self

  • Maria Riva

    as Self

  • Michael Schlesinger

    as Self

  • Budd Schulberg

    as Self

  • Kevin Thomas

    as Self

  • Mark Viera

    as Self

  • Marc Wanamaker

    as Self

  • William Wellman Jr.

    as Self

  • Michael Westmore

    as Self

  • Holly Madison

    as Model: Special Shoot

  • Betsy Moore

    as Silent Movie Theatre Actor

  • Paul Tucci

    as Silent Movie Theatre Actor

  • Roscoe Arbuckle

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Theda Bara

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Clara Bow

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Louise Brooks

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Charlie Chaplin

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Joan Crawford

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Bebe Daniels

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Bette Davis

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Cecil B. DeMille

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Marlene Dietrich

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Douglas Fairbanks

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Greta Garbo

    as Self (archive footage)

  • John Gilbert

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Cary Grant

    as Self (archive footage)

  • D.W. Griffith

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Texas Guinan

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Ann Harding

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Jean Harlow

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Sessue Hayakawa

    as Self (archive footage)

  • William H. Hays

    as Self (archive footage)

  • William Randolph Hearst

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Leslie Howard

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Myrna Loy

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Mary Miles Minter

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Colleen Moore

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Owen Moore

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Pola Negri

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Mabel Normand

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Mary Pickford

    as Self (voice) (archive footage)

  • Edna Purviance

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Virginia Rappe

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Theodore Roosevelt

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Barbara Stanwyck

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Gloria Swanson

    as Self (voice) (archive footage)

  • Rudolph Valentino

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Fannie Ward

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Mae West

    as Self (archive footage)

  • Woodrow Wilson

    as Self (archive footage)
Production Todd Friedrichsen Producer
Camera Todd Friedrichsen Director of Photography
Editing Elaina Archer Editor
Directing Elaina Archer Director
Writing Elaina Archer Writer
Editing Todd Friedrichsen Editor
Writing Scott Eyman Writer
Production Elaina Archer Producer
Sound Maria Newman Original Music Composer
Costume & Make-Up Haydee Serrano Makeup & Hair
Production Sarah J. Baker Associate Producer
Production Jason Burns Co-Executive Producer
Production Hugh Hefner Executive Producer
Production Barbara Lockridge Associate Producer
Production Marvin Paige Associate Producer
Production Richard Rosenzweig Co-Executive Producer
Production Kathryn Rzasa Supervising Producer
Production John Sinner Associate Producer
Production Michael Yakaitis Co-Producer
Art Luana Osling Graphic Designer
Sound Todd Friedrichsen Sound Mixer
Sound Jeff Levy Sound Engineer
Sound Jeff Levy Production Sound Mixer
Sound Patrick Nevins Sound
Editing Sarah Weiss Assistant Editor
Costume & Make-Up Kristen Kirst Costume Supervisor
Camera Craig Friedrichsen Grip
Camera Patrick Nevins Grip
Camera Bill Sheehy Additional Photography

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