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Pre-Code hollywood homosexuality sex censorship hays commission

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Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)

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Documentary

Overview

A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934.

Rated PG | Length 67 minutes

Actors

Valerie Spencer | John Landis | Jonathan Kuntz | Rudy Behlmer | Jerry Beck | Camille Paglia | Hugh M. Hefner | Jack Valenti | Jeffrey Vance | Molly Haskell | Mark Vieira | Leonard Maltin | Tony Maietta | Joan Crawford | Ann Dvorak | Clark Gable | Greta Garbo | Jean Harlow | Miriam Hopkins | Norma Shearer | Barbara Stanwyck | Mae West | Warren William | Will H. Hays | Walter Huston | Wallace Ford | Paul Muni | Joseph I. Breen | Joel McCrea | Constance Bennett | Myrna Loy | Loretta Young | Ruth Chatterton

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Viewing Notes

An interesting overview of what contributed to the debauchery of pre-code Hollywood films, the formation of the Hays Commission and the beginning of self-censorship by the major movie studios.

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