In that year, four of the biggest stars in Hollywood — Jean Harlow seen below in a publicity still from Red Dust , Greta Garbo, Claudette Colbert and Carla Bow — would display just enough skin to fit nicely in the Funhouse, had it been around back then.
Dolores Del Rio, Nancy Carroll and Ann Dvorak, who were famous at the time, sort of joined them.
This garment might have incited a minor controversy had there not been another, larger issue for everyone to get riled up about.
There were usually 2 regular contestants, followed by a celebrity mystery guest.
With dappled sunlight filtering through the lake, the scene is anything but prurient.
But by the the Hays Code is about the exert a major influence on Jane's costume, and the next time Tarzan and Jane make a movie the Hayes Code ensures Jane is more covered up.