Hollywood: Single Beds and Double Standards (Episode 3)

Episode 3: Hollywood had become a fairy-tale city of fabulous wealth and dizzying success, when a series of scandals shattered the dream. Details of the Fatty Arbuckle case so shocked America that producers appointed Will Hays to clean up the industry before the public's moral outrage put them all out of work. Hays encouraged "human, heartwarming pictures" and issued a production code designed to keep films wholesome. The code was strictly enforced, yet directors still managed to get their message across. Hollywood had found its savior. But his price was self-imposed censorship which would rule Hollywood for forty years.

Includes rare footage and excerpts from CONEY ISLAND (1917), THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1923), and A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS (1928); interviews with Colleen More, Gloria Swanson, Henry Hathaway, King Vidor, and more.

Episode 4: https://rumble.com/v55xlgd-hollywood-hollywood-goes-to-war-episode-4.html