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The Love Goddesses

This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses' portrayal of sex from the silent-movie era...

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Saul J. Turell

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Walter Reade,Paramount Pictures

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Maurice Chevalier

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Montgomery Clift

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Claudette Colbert

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Laurence Harvey

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Sessue Hayakawa

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Annette Kellerman

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Gina Lollobrigida

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Jeanette MacDonald

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Jayne Mansfield

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Herbert Marshall

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Simone Signoret

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Barbara Stanwyck

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Elizabeth Taylor

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Rudolph Valentino

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The heroine is Miss Fannie Ward. - The Love Goddesses

The heroine is Miss Fannie Ward.

When sex was encountered
by a Victorian heroine... - The Love Goddesses

When sex was encountered by a Victorian heroine...

The use of violence
in conjunction with sex... - The Love Goddesses

The use of violence in conjunction with sex...

Another major recurring theme
in the history of sex is comedy... - The Love Goddesses

Another major recurring theme in the history of sex is comed...

It was a book every teenage girl
in America was reading... - The Love Goddesses

It was a book every teenage girl in America was reading...

For now, for the first time,
the heroine did know. - The Love Goddesses

For now, for the first time, the heroine did know.

Miss Bow's most famous picture was It. - The Love Goddesses

Miss Bow's most famous picture was It.

At a time when the word "sex"
was still considered racy... - The Love Goddesses

At a time when the word "sex" was still considered...

Clara Bow was flaming youth
in rebellion. - The Love Goddesses

Clara Bow was flaming youth in rebellion.

The film is Woman of the World... - The Love Goddesses

The film is Woman of the World...

What Miss Negri does not know is that
she has already changed the town. - The Love Goddesses

What Miss Negri does not know is that she has already change...

The year is 1925. - The Love Goddesses

The year is 1925.

Faust is played by Ricardo Cortez... - The Love Goddesses

Faust is played by Ricardo Cortez...

This is Lya De Putti... - The Love Goddesses

This is Lya De Putti...

Faust is smitten
and gets his Marguerite... - The Love Goddesses

Faust is smitten and gets his Marguerite...

D. W. Griffith... - The Love Goddesses

D. W. Griffith...

Esther Ralston. - The Love Goddesses

Esther Ralston.

Wine for Griffith;
milk for DeMille. - The Love Goddesses

Wine for Griffith; milk for DeMille.

The girl is Louise Brooks... - The Love Goddesses

The girl is Louise Brooks...

One European film, made at the end of this period,
caused a sensation in the United States. - The Love Goddesses

One European film, made at the end of this period, caused a ...

Afterwards, Miss Lamarr married
industrialist Fritz Mandl. - The Love Goddesses

Afterwards, Miss Lamarr married industrialist Fritz Mandl.

In 1938 Miss Lamarr
was to create another sensation... - The Love Goddesses

In 1938 Miss Lamarr was to create another sensation...

The cancan
from G. W. Pabst's L'Atlantide. - The Love Goddesses

The cancan from G. W. Pabst's L'Atlantide.

She toys with her male captives... - The Love Goddesses

She toys with her male captives...

Check. - The Love Goddesses

Marlene Dietrich was royalty,
no matter what role she played. - The Love Goddesses

Marlene Dietrich was royalty, no matter what role she played...

I'm sorry, miss,
but I don't understand a word. - The Love Goddesses

I'm sorry, miss, but I don't understand a word.

May I offer you
this glass of champagne, mademoiselle? - The Love Goddesses

May I offer you this glass of champagne, mademoiselle?

The production number always seemed to start
with a duet between Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell. - The Love Goddesses

The production number always seemed to start with a duet bet...

And now, my dear,
remove your dress. - The Love Goddesses

And now, my dear, remove your dress.

By 1933,
the four-year period was coming to an end. - The Love Goddesses

By 1933, the four-year period was coming to an end.

- Has Mr. Brody left yet?
- No, Mr. Stevens. I believe he's still here. - The Love Goddesses

- Has Mr. Brody left yet? - No, Mr. Stevens. I believe he�...

Brody. - The Love Goddesses

Will you tell me where you live? - The Love Goddesses

Will you tell me where you live?

The Depression reshaped America's attitudes. - The Love Goddesses

The Depression reshaped America's attitudes.

- Hello.
- Hello. - The Love Goddesses

- Hello. - Hello.

Being blue? - The Love Goddesses

Oh, Angela, if I could only tell you
how much I love you. - The Love Goddesses

Oh, Angela, if I could only tell you how much I love you.

She belongs more and more to the public. - The Love Goddesses

She belongs more and more to the public.

The created image must continue... - The Love Goddesses

The created image must continue...

- Mmm!
- Uh, will you have a dance with me? - The Love Goddesses

- Mmm! - Uh, will you have a dance with me?

Perhaps the most charming... - The Love Goddesses

Perhaps the most charming...

Let's see you do it. - The Love Goddesses

Let's see you do it.

In 30 years, the movies
had come full circle. - The Love Goddesses

In 30 years, the movies had come full circle.

Ernst Lubitsch's The Love Parade. - The Love Goddesses

Ernst Lubitsch's The Love Parade.

But perhaps the best of all
was DeMille's Cleopatra. - The Love Goddesses

But perhaps the best of all was DeMille's Cleopatra.

There's no one like you. - The Love Goddesses

There's no one like you.

Who else but Cecil B. DeMille... - The Love Goddesses

Who else but Cecil B. DeMille...

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This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses' portrayal of sex from the silent-movie era...

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Director: Saul J. Turell

Writer: Graeme Ferguson, Saul J. Turell

Production: Walter Reade,Paramount Pictures

Genre: documentary

Year: 1965

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.9

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 03 Mar 1965

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