Rethinking the Hayes Code Its Impact on Filmmaking and Society

About: Hays Code ... The Motion Picture Production Code was a set of industry guidelines for the self-censorship of content that was applied to most motion ... The Hays Code was a regulation of industry guidelines for the self-censorship of content in the United States (1934-1968). The point of “Trainwreck,” starting with the title, is that a sexually self-determined woman can wind up a mess. We continue our spotlight the Hays Gaze looking at pre-Code films and the Hays Code by looking at the '31 and '40 film adaptations of DR. The Hays Code was a set of guidelines designed to regulate the content of motion pictures produced in America between 1934 and 1968. They also instituted a set of editorial “don'ts” and “be carefuls” for film producers in 1927. However, the MPPDA and Hays are best remembered ... Full documentation from a selection of 500 film titles in the Motion Picture Association of America Production Code Administration records. The history of film censorship in the United States. The documentary covers the pre-code era, to the 1934 introduction of the Hays Code. In 1968, Hollywood abandoned the Hays Code for good and formed the Motion Picture Association of America, which formed the rating system we ... The film The Gang's All Here features Carmen Miranda and a chorus line doing the suggestive banana dance with five-foot bananas--banned abroad, but embraced in ...