Exploring the Hayes Code Hollywood's Silent Era Morality Guardian

December 1944 reprint of June 13, 1934 production code. Pages 1-20. Subject Topical, Classification--Motion pictures · Motion pictures--Moral and ethical ... Let's just get this out of the way: the Hays Code was awful. It was sexist, racist, homophobic nonsense that set film back decades and ... In this episode, we interview three prominent guests to track the history of film censorship and discuss Hollywood's Hays Code from 1934 to ... The Pre-Code Films: Hays Code Censorship and the Ever-Changing Hollywood (Classics of 1930-34) [Cook, Sophie] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying ... The Code was a set of rules governing American filmmaking that shaped and stifled in many ways American cinema for over three decades. A look at the Hays Code. The censorship code of the golden age of Hollywood, and how the Studio System of that era made it possible. The Catholic-pushed Motion Picture Production Code (AKA the Hays Code) came to define American cinema through both its limits and its loopholes for decades. The Hays Code was a regulation of industry guidelines for the self-censorship of content in the United States (1934-1968). The Hays Production Code would be the dominate standard for Hollywood for the next couple of decades, leading to the creation of many classics between 1934 & ... The Hays Code, officially known as the Motion Picture Production Code, aimed to maintain a level of morality and decency in films.