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Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)
Released: March 3, 2008
A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934.
Valerie Spencer
as Narrator (voice)
John Landis
as Self
Rudy Behlmer
as Self
Jerry Beck
as Self
Camille Paglia
as Self
Hugh Hefner
as Self
Jack Valenti
as Self
Molly Haskell
as Self
Leonard Maltin
as Self
Tony Maietta
as Self
Joan Crawford
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Ann Dvorak
as Vivian Revere Kirkwood (archive footage)
Clark Gable
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Greta Garbo
as Queen Christina (archive footage)
Jean Harlow
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Miriam Hopkins
as Ivy Pearson (archive footage)
Norma Shearer
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Mae West
as Tira (archive footage)
Warren William
as Various Roles (archive footage)
William H. Hays
as Self (archive footage)
Walter Huston
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Wallace Ford
as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
Paul Muni
as James Allen (archive footage)
Joseph I. Breen
as Self (archive footage)
Joel McCrea
as John Neville Jr. (archive footage)
Constance Bennett
as Valerie West (archive footage)
Myrna Loy
as Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
Loretta Young
as Madeleine Walters West (archive footage)
Ruth Chatterton
as Alison Drake (archive footage)
Valerie Spencer
as Narrator (voice)
John Landis
as Self
Rudy Behlmer
as Self
Jerry Beck
as Self
Camille Paglia
as Self
Hugh Hefner
as Self
Jack Valenti
as Self
Molly Haskell
as Self
Leonard Maltin
as Self
Tony Maietta
as Self
Joan Crawford
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Ann Dvorak
as Vivian Revere Kirkwood (archive footage)
Clark Gable
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Greta Garbo
as Queen Christina (archive footage)
Jean Harlow
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Miriam Hopkins
as Ivy Pearson (archive footage)
Norma Shearer
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Mae West
as Tira (archive footage)
Warren William
as Various Roles (archive footage)
William H. Hays
as Self (archive footage)
Walter Huston
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Wallace Ford
as Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage)
Paul Muni
as James Allen (archive footage)
Joseph I. Breen
as Self (archive footage)
Joel McCrea
as John Neville Jr. (archive footage)
Constance Bennett
as Valerie West (archive footage)
Myrna Loy
as Gertie Waxted (archive footage)
Loretta Young
as Madeleine Walters West (archive footage)
Ruth Chatterton
as Alison Drake (archive footage)
