The History Of Sex In Cinema

The History of Sex in CinemaEarly in the twenties, the entire nation was rocked by a series of ugly, well-publicized Hollywood scandals, Sex orgies and suicides, dope addiction and murder—these seemed the very warp and woof of the movie colony's new looom of life. The newspapers, ever mindful of the salubrious effects of scandal on circulation, headlined the lurid details; nor were they averse to promoting extras and bit players to full stardom if it made a better story. The fan magazines, which...