Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema [165609] Released: 2007-05-23 Genres: Documentary Revenue: unknown Cast: 57 Popularity: 0.4417 Links: : Homepage, IMDB, TMDB Synopsis : Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines the rampant sexuality of early Hollywood through movie clips and reminiscences by stars of the era. Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford, Marlene Dietrich and others relate tales of the artistic freedom that led to the draconian Production Code, which governed content from 1934 to 1968. Diane Lane narrates. Diane LaneChris BasingerJeanine BasingerCari BeauchampLeatrice Joy GilbeA.C. LylesBob MitchellBarry ParisMaria RivaMichael SchlesingeBudd SchulbergKevin ThomasMark VieraMarc WanamakerWilliam Wellman JrMichael WestmoreHolly MadisonBetsy MoorePaul TucciRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbTheda BaraClara BowLouise BrooksCharlie ChaplinJoan CrawfordBebe DanielsBette DavisCecil B. DeMilleMarlene DietrichDouglas FairbanksGreta GarboJohn GilbertCary GrantD.W. GriffithTexas GuinanAnn HardingJean HarlowSessue HayakawaWilliam H. HaysWilliam Randolph HLeslie HowardMyrna LoyMary Miles MinterColleen MooreOwen MoorePola NegriMabel NormandMary PickfordEdna PurvianceVirginia RappeTheodore RooseveltBarbara StanwyckGloria SwansonRudolph ValentinoFannie WardMae WestWoodrow Wilson