Sex
in Cinema: The Early Days
Hollywood Seen as Sin City: Scandals Rock the Industry
In
the early days of Hollywood shortly after the development of
film-making as an industry, moralists objected to the amount
of nudity, sexuality, criminality and violence portrayed in
films. Censorship boards were set up in various states and controls
began to be imposed, often on a voluntary basis, once moving
pictures became widespread and available to mass viewing audiences
(encouraged by the popularity of nickelodeons, first called
"arcade peepshows").
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