Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Directed by Elaina Archer
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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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 & crew
Diane Lane
Jeanine Basinger
Leatrice Joy Gilbert
A.C. Lyles
Maria Riva
Budd SchulbergExplore the crew
- Writer
- Scott Eyman
- Editor
- Todd Friedrichsen
- Director
- Elaina Archer
- Editor
- Elaina Archer
- Director of Photography
- Todd Friedrichsen
- Producer
- Elaina Archer
- Producer
- Todd Friedrichsen
- Writer
- Elaina Archer
- Original Music Composer
- Maria Newman