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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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Director
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Frank Martin (written by)
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James D. Wilcox (as James Wilcox)
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Edit Released
Updated Dec 31, 1996

Release date
1996 (United States)

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34 cast members
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Raquel Welch
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Jason Alexander
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Sam Anderson
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Edward Asner
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Armand Assante
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Dan Aykroyd
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Lloyd Bridges
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Dabney Coleman
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Robert Culp
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Keene Curtis
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Charles Durning
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Robert Evans
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Kelsey Grammer
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Katherine Helmond
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Judd Hirsch
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Dennis Hopper
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Sally Kellerman
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Maurice LaMarche
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Shelley Long
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Joe Mantegna
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Garry Marshall
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Barney Martin
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Roddy McDowall
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Malcolm McDowell
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Martin Mull
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Kevin Pollak
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Carl Reiner
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Allan Rich
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John Ritter
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Laura San Giacomo
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Jeffrey Tambor
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Marisa Tomei
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Eli Wallach
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Ray Walston
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