Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
PG
2008
67 minutes
Overview
A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934.
Top Cast
Valerie Spencer
Narrator (voice)
John Landis
Himself
Jonathan Kuntz
Himself
Rudy Behlmer
Himself
Jerry Beck
Himself
Camille Paglia
Herself
Hugh Hefner
Himself
Jack Valenti
Himself
Jeffrey Vance
Himself
Molly Haskell
Herself
Mark Vieira
Himself
Leonard Maltin
Himself
Tony Maietta
Himself
Joan Crawford
Various Roles (archive footage)
Ann Dvorak
Vivian Revere Kirkwood (archive footage)
Clark Gable
Various Roles (archive footage)
Greta Garbo
Queen Christina (archive footage)
Jean Harlow
Various Roles (archive footage)
Miriam Hopkins
Ivy Pearson (archive footage)
Norma Shearer
Various Roles (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck
Various Roles (archive footage)
Mae West
Tira (archive footage)
Warren William
Various Roles (archive footage)
William H. Hays
Himself (archive footage)
Walter Huston
Various Roles (archive footage)
Wallace Ford
Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
Paul Muni
James Allen (archive footage)
Joseph I. Breen
Himself (archive footage)
Joel McCrea
John Neville Jr. (archive footage)
Constance Bennett
Valerie West (archive footage)
Myrna Loy
Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
Loretta Young
Madeleine Walters West (archive footage)
Ruth Chatterton
Alison Drake (archive footage)