1980
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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...
- late 1960s to '90s
This program looks at the cinematic milestones which...
- late 1960s to '90s
As television gained ground in America, movie attendance plummeted--the Golden Age of Hollywood was over. Sex in films draws audiences back to movie houses. Marlon Brando is a new breed of Hollywood sex symbol. Film Censors Object to "Streetcar Named Desire" (04:28)
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. Share. Description.
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.
Barbara Stanwyk: Screen Seductress in "Baby Face" (03:04) In order to bypass the Catholic censors, Warner Bros. promotes "Baby Face," with Barbara Stanwyk as a "social problems" film. She builds her career in hard-boiled roles about women who know more about seduction than men.
A six hour series exploring the 100 year evolution of sexuality and censorship in motion pictures.
Sex, Censorship, and the Silver Screen — 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 across the country.
