Raquel Welch
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From the modesty of It Happened One Night to the shocking and nearly prohibited use of "damn" in Gone with the Wind to the ambiguous morality of Double Indemnity, the program surveys the achievements of Clark Gable, Hedy Lamarr, Errol Flynn, Lana Turner, Rita Hayworth, Jane Russell, Cecil B. DeMille, Frank Capra, Billy Wilder, Preston Sturges ...
TV Show TV Show Reviews Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen. Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen. 1996. Documentary/History. Advertisement. Browse Episodes. Season 1. Slide 1 of 6. 6. Forward ...
In 1965, the Catholic Legion of Decency closed its doors; the following year, the Hays Code was scrapped. This program looks at the cinematic milestones which prompted these events and the age of freewheeling film artistry that ensued, despite attempts at censorship issuing from the highest political level.
From Edison’s innocuous Kinetoscope kiss to Brando’s animal intensity in A Streetcar Named Desire to the unabashed eroticism of Basic Instinct, the series chronicles a parade of cinematic sins and the pious and bureaucratic reprisals they inspired. 4-part series, 50-72 minutes each. Item#: BVL37566. ISBN: 978-1-4213-8505-1.
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen. Disc 4, The Late 1960s to the '90s — In 1965, the Catholic Legion of Decency closed its doors; the following year, the Hays Code was scrapped. This program looks at the cinematic milestones which prompted these events and the age of freewheeling film artistry that ensued, despite attempts at censorship issuing from the highest political level. Shedding ...
While audiences gape, censors condemn the "evils" of sex on the screen. Hollywood becomes synonymous with sin, scandal, sex, and the silver screen. Movies: Sex Is the Missing Ingredient (02:59) In April 1894 Thomas Edison presents the "moving picture." Movie makers note early on that sex was a missing ingredient in movies.
Sex, Censorship, and the Silver Screen — In 1965, the Catholic Legion of Decency closed its doors; the following year, the Hays Code was scrapped. This program looks at the cinematic milestones which prompted these events and the age of freewheeling film artistry that ensued, despite attempts at censorship issuing from the highest political level.
