Name: Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1996-09-27
Rating: 4
Cast: Raquel Welch

Episodes

1. Going All the Way

1996-09-27 | 53m

The resurgence of sex-themed films in the 1980s and 90s. Archival material examines the depiction of sexual themes in films.

2. Look Ma, No Clothes

1996-10-04 | 55m

Hollywood challenges the production codes; ratings emerge. Filmmakers: Russ Meyer, Ingmar Bergman, and Federico Fellini.

3. Hollywood Comes of Age

1996-10-11 | 52m

Sex symbols and art films open the door to explicit sex. Stars: Brigitte Bardot and Sophia Loren.

4. Censored

1996-10-18 | 58m

The Hays Office set the content standards in Hollywood's Golden Age. Covers the post-Prohibition era of the thirties and forties, which featured Hedy Lamarr, Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, and Veronica Lake.

5. The Temptations of Eve

1996-10-25 | 51m

The double entendres of early talkies roused calls for censorship. Covers the period from 1927 to the mid-thirties and features stars such as Marlene Dietrich, Busby Berkeley and Mae West.

6. Sex and the Silent Screen

1996-11-01 | 58m

The silent era ended with the establishment of the Hays office.