Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen The Temptations of Eve (Season 1, Episode 2)
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Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

The Temptations of Eve (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | Documentary, History

The focus is on the early years of the talkies in Hollywood and particularly some of its biggest female stars including Jean Harlow, Marlene Dietrich and Mae West. The Hays office was in a constant battle battle with the movie studios to ...See moreThe focus is on the early years of the talkies in Hollywood and particularly some of its biggest female stars including Jean Harlow, Marlene Dietrich and Mae West. The Hays office was in a constant battle battle with the movie studios to delete any sexually suggestive scenes or dialog but the movies moguls knew what would sell and pushed it to the limit. As the films got racier however, politicians and social groups began to demand a greater degree of censorship changing the movies for years to come. Written by garykmcd See less

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34 cast members

Name	Known for
Raquel Welch Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	The Three Musketeers (1973)
Jason Alexander Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Seinfeld (1989)
Sam Anderson Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Forrest Gump (1994)
Edward Asner Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Up (2009)
Armand Assante Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Gotti (1996)
Dan Aykroyd Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Ghostbusters (1984)
Lloyd Bridges Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
Dabney Coleman Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	WarGames (1983)
Robert Culp Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	I Spy (1965)
Keene Curtis Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Sliver (1993)
Charles Durning Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Robert Evans Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Chinatown (1974)
Kelsey Grammer Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Cheers (1982)
Katherine Helmond Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Who's the Boss? (1984)
Judd Hirsch Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Taxi (1978)
Dennis Hopper Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Easy Rider (1969)
Sally Kellerman Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	MAS*H (1970)
Maurice LaMarche Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Futurama (1999)
Shelley Long Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Cheers (1982)
Joe Mantegna Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
Garry Marshall Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	A League of Their Own (1992)
Barney Martin Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	The Producers (1967)
Roddy McDowall Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Fright Night (1985)
Malcolm McDowell Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Martin Mull Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Clue (1985)
Kevin Pollak Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	The Usual Suspects (1995)
Carl Reiner Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Allan Rich Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Disclosure (1994)
John Ritter Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Sling Blade (1996)
Laura San Giacomo Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
Jeffrey Tambor Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Transparent (2014)
Marisa Tomei Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Eli Wallach Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Ray Walston Self - Quote Reader (voice) Self - Quote Reader (voice) See fewer	Popeye (1980)