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L i censed t o t i t i l la t e, h owever, ·was the legendary B usby Berkeley, who used the s tage t ra d i t i o n of the underdressed chorine to get away wi t h every breach of the Code poss i b l e a n d s t i l l get t he sea l of a p p rova l . H e used s i l h o ue t tes t o shmv 45 n u d i t y i n Gold Diggers nf 1 9 3 3 i n a way t ha t wa s not t o b e used a ga i n t i l l M a rt i n e Carol took a fa mous sh ower i n Natha lie in 1 95 7 . H i s S i gn of t h e Cross was a gro up o r ch orus g i r l s , show i ng t he i r l egs a n d hea ddresses .

And n o t u n t i l H edy Lamarr appeared naked i n Ecst asy d i d a major actress p l ay i n the nude. The bat h i ng sequence of t h e film was , of course, nom i na l l y banned i n the U n i ted S tates, a l though not i n Germany or France. I ro n i ca l ly, p r i n t s o f i t became rare due to M i ss Lamarr ' s la ter marriage t o a wea l t h y man, who tried t o i mpose h i s o w n censors h i p by b uyi ng up a l l extant cop ies of t h e fi l m . Time so changed t h at w h en the b a t h i n g sequence was reshown in the comp i la t i o n cal led The Love God­ desses , it seemed almost i nnocent com­ pared wi t h more recent scenes o f strip a n d rape.

A l t hough t h e t i me­ honoured device o f t he na ked art i st's model ( first used a t t h e i nvent ion o f t he ci nema t i c i mage i n m o t i o n by M uybridge) somet i mes got a l i t t l e brea s t o nt o a Va l ent i n o veh i cl e , t h e rea l p ovver of h i s f i l m s lay i n h i m dres s i n g o r menaci n g o r even posi ng a s t h e naked Pa n . 30 31 Keaton gets the better of Arbuckle in Sherlock Junior (1924). He always believed in the innocence of his fellow comic. Yet i t was not what t h e stars d i d o n screen but what t hey d i d off duty t h a t ca used a mora l i st i c s o l u t i o n i n yo ung H ol lywood .