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.

Documentary History

Valerie Spencer

(Narrator (voice))

John Landis

Jonathan Kuntz

Rudy Behlmer

Jerry Beck

Camille Paglia

Hugh Hefner

Jack Valenti

Jeffrey Vance

Molly Haskell

Mark Vieira

Leonard Maltin

Tony Maietta

Joan Crawford

(Various Roles (archive footage))

Ann Dvorak

(Vivian Revere Kirkwood (archive footage))

Clark Gable

(Various Roles (archive footage))

Greta Garbo

(Queen Christina (archive footage))

Jean Harlow

(Various Roles (archive footage))

Miriam Hopkins

(Ivy Pearson (archive footage))

Norma Shearer

(Various Roles (archive footage))

Barbara Stanwyck

(Various Roles (archive footage))

Mae West

(Tira (archive footage))

Warren William

(Various Roles (archive footage))

William H. Hays

(Himself (archive footage))

Walter Huston

(Various Roles (archive footage))

Wallace Ford

(Detective Ed Fitzpatrick (archive footage))

Paul Muni

(James Allen (archive footage))

Joseph I. Breen

(Himself (archive footage))

Joel McCrea

(John Neville Jr. (archive footage))

Constance Bennett

(Valerie West (archive footage))

Myrna Loy

(Gertie Waxted (archive footage))

Loretta Young

(Madeleine Walters West (archive footage))

Ruth Chatterton

(Alison Drake (archive footage))