Nudity in film
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Nudity in film has been a topic of discussion and debate since the beginning of film as a medium. It may be obvious or merely suggestive, such as when a person appears to be naked but is covered by a
Jayne Mansfield topless in Promises! Promises! (1963)
Sarah Bernhardt photographed nude by Nadar
![After the Ball (1897) is one of the earliest films to simulate nudity.[better source needed]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s%2C_Apres_le_bal_%28Star_Film_128%2C_1897%29.jpg/500px-M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s%2C_Apres_le_bal_%28Star_Film_128%2C_1897%29.jpg)
After the Ball (1897) is one of the earliest films to simulate nudity.[better source needed]
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Promises! Promises!
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Promises! Promises! is a 1963 American sex comedy film directed by King Donovan and starring Tommy Noonan and Jayne Mansfield, with Noonan also serving as co-writer and co-producer. Released at the en
Nudity in film
…1999. The distinction of being the first mainstream American actress to appear nude in a starring role went to actress Jayne Mansfield in the 1963 film Promises! Promises!, though her pubic area is never visible on film. The film was banned in Cleveland and some other cities, though later the Cleveland court decided the…
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Mansfield and Noonan in the film's most repeated nude scene