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

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

68 mins | Documentary, History | 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.

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

68 mins | Documentary, History | March 3, 2008

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Warner Bros. Entertainment, Turner Classic Movies, Trailer Park
Original title Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Directors
Writers Steven C. Smith

Cast

Valerie Spencer

as Narrator (voice)

John Landis

as Himself

Jonathan Kuntz

as Himself

Rudy Behlmer

as Himself

Jerry Beck

as Himself

Camille Paglia

as Herself

Hugh Hefner

as Himself

Jack Valenti

as Himself

Jeffrey Vance

as Himself

Molly Haskell

as Herself

Mark Vieira

as Himself

Leonard Maltin

as Himself

Tony Maietta

as Himself / Himself--Interviewee

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 Himself (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 Himself (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)