The resurgence of sex-themed films in the 1980s and 90s. Archival material examines the depiction of sexual themes in films.
E2 · Look Ma, No Clothes
1996 · 55m
Hollywood challenges the production codes; ratings emerge. Filmmakers: Russ Meyer, Ingmar Bergman, and Federico Fellini.
E3 · Hollywood Comes of Age
1996 · 52m
Sex symbols and art films open the door to explicit sex. Stars: Brigitte Bardot and Sophia Loren.
E4 · Censored
1996 · 58m
The Hays Office set the content standards in Hollywood's Golden Age. Covers the post-Prohibition era of the thirties and forties, which featured Hedy Lamarr, Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, and Veronica Lake.
E5 · The Temptations of Eve
1996 · 51m
The double entendres of early talkies roused calls for censorship. Covers the period from 1927 to the mid-thirties and features stars such as Marlene Dietrich, Busby Berkeley and Mae West.
E6 · Sex and the Silent Screen
1996 · 58m
The silent era ended with the establishment of the Hays office.
