{"value"=>"<p>The period of almost four decades before the talkies saw the creation, evolution, and universal exploitation of various kinds of sex films, most of them thinly-disguised as social documentaries about white slavery and the evils of prostitution, alcohol and drugs, or medical advice or warning, especially pictures dealing with venereal diseases, and so-called art or nature pictures depicting the naked body tastefully posed. In addition, other pictures, such as the anti-German propaganda films made just before America's entrance into World War I, and both pro- and anti-labor films, caused their share of problems for those involved in the motion pictures. The correspondence is filed alphabetically by the film's title.</p>"}