1980
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Sex, Censorship, and the Silver Screen. The Series Includes : Sex, Censorship, and the Silver Screen: The Early Decades | Sex, Censorship, and the Silver Screen: From the Depression to WWII | Sex, Censorship, and the Silver Screen: The 1950s and '60s | Sex, Censorship, and the Silver Screen: The Late 1960s to the '90s. DVD (Chaptered)
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.
Studying the shifting moral standards that Hollywood, Italian cinema, and the French New Wave signaled—and which the Catholic Legion of Decency resisted tooth and nail—the program features groundbreaking scenes from The Miracle, Baby Doll, Lolita, and other films.
Sex, Censorship, and the Silver Screen: The 1950s and '60s. Author: Films Media Group. Summary: After World War II, the wholesomeness of American movies faced a tidal wave of change-from outside, as a growing number of provocative foreign films made their way to the U.S., and from within, as car culture flowered and drive-in theaters sprang up ...
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)
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.
Allow access to your location. After World War II, the wholesomeness of American movies faced a tidal wave of change--from outside, as a growing number of provocative foreign films made their way to the U.S., and from within, as ca.
Sex, censorship and the silver screen. Disc 4, The late 1960s to the '90s. Author: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) Summary: In 1965, the Catholic Legion of Decency closed its doors; the following year, the Hays Code was scrapped.
While the earliest motion pictures were admired simply for their novelty, viewers soon demanded more than raw footage of trains, sneezes, and other random subjects. This program describes the discovery of sex as a surefire cinematic attraction and the outrages it provoked among religious and civic authorities during Hollywood's formative years. Documenting the rise of William Hays as the ...
Online. Summary. In what many see as Hollywood's Golden Age, the offices of William Hays and Joseph Breen worked overtime to combat sexuality and subversion in American movies. This program examines the products of...
