Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
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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...
7-part documentary on John Ford's 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' ] Changing of the Guard The Irascible Poet The Hero Doesn't Win, The Winner Isn't Heroic Most Good Things Happen By Accident The Great Protector Spotlight - Lee Marvin Print The Legend
John Wayne was a legendary actor and an embodiment of America itself. While he played men who always do the right thing on camera his real life is far more complicated.
Film historians, and survivors from the nearly 30-year struggle to bring sound to motion pictures take the audience from the early failed attempts by scientists and inventors, to the triumph of the talkies.
