What is the original language of Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema?

The original language of Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema is English.

Who directed Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema?

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema was directed by D.W. Griffith, Elaina Archer.

Which studio made Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema?

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema was produced by A&F Productions.

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Q: What is the duration of Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema?

The duration of Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema is 70 mins.

Documentary

Runtime

70 mins

Language

English

Before the modern G, PG and R system, Hollywood was governed only by the Production Code, and before that by virtually no rules. This documentary uses period clips and reminiscences from stars such as Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford and Marlene Dietrich to reveal the era’s overt sexuality and the artistic freedom that prompted the Code’s strict enforcement from 1934 to 1968. Diane Lane provides narration.

A&F Productions

Studio

D.W. Griffith

Director

Elaina Archer

Director

Does Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema have end credit scenes?

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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema does not have end credit scenes. You can leave when the credits roll.

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Diane Lane

Narrator (voice)

Bette Davis

Self (archive footage)

Myrna Loy

Self (archive footage)

Leslie Howard

Self (archive footage)

John Gilbert

Self (archive footage)

Owen Moore

Self (archive footage)

Cary Grant

Self (archive footage)

Joan Crawford

Self (archive footage)

Barbara Stanwyck

Self (archive footage)

Marlene Dietrich

Self (archive footage)

Sessue Hayakawa

Self (archive footage)

Jeanine Basinger

Self

Ann Harding

Self (archive footage)

Budd Schulberg

Self

Cari Beauchamp

Self

Cecil B. DeMille

Self (archive footage)

William Wellman Jr.

Self

Bebe Daniels

Self (archive footage)

Gloria Swanson

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Greta Garbo

Self (archive footage)

Jean Harlow

Self (archive footage)

Clara Bow

Self (archive footage)

A.C. Lyles

Self

Marc Wanamaker

Self

Theda Bara

Self (archive footage)

Louise Brooks

Self (archive footage)

Colleen Moore

Self (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin

Self (archive footage)

William H. Hays

Self (archive footage)

Paul Tucci

Silent Movie Theatre Actor

Woodrow Wilson

Self (archive footage)

Edna Purviance

Self (archive footage)

Douglas Fairbanks

Self (archive footage)

Mary Pickford

Self (voice) (archive footage)

Michael Schlesinger

Self

Theodore Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)

Mae West

Self (archive footage)

Pola Negri

Self (archive footage)

Mabel Normand

Self (archive footage)

Kevin Thomas

Self

Holly Madison

Model: Special Shoot

Maria Riva

Self

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle

Self (archive footage)

Rudolph Valentino

Self (archive footage)

Leatrice Joy Gilbert

Self

Chris Basinger

Self

Barry Paris

Self

Bob Mitchell

Self

Mark Viera

Self

Michael Westmore

Self

Betsy Moore

Silent Movie Theatre Actor

Texas Guinan

Self (archive footage)

William Randolph Hearst

Self (archive footage)

Mary Miles Minter

Self (archive footage)

Virginia Rappe

Self (archive footage)

Fannie Ward

Self (archive footage)

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