The History Of Sex In Cinema

October, 1966

The History of Sex in CinemaPart ElevenSex Stars of the FortiesThroughout the Forties, while most of the world's population was preoccupied with total war and its devastating aftermath, the most popular star of Hollywood's movies was a blondined dream girl of rather everyday prettiness named Betty Grable. Today it is a bit difficult to comprehend her popularity, if only because Hollywood's musical films no longer flourish; but at on point in the decade, the production of such pastiches amounted...