Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

• 1. Going All the Way

  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

  55m

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

• 3. Hollywood Comes of Age

  52m

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

• 4. Censored

  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

  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

  58m

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

Cast

Raquel Welch

Self - Presenter