The Hayes Code A Catalyst for Hollywood's Golden Age

The Hays Code, officially known as the Motion Picture Production Code, was a set of industry guidelines for the self-censorship of content in films. The Production Codes were written in response to plans for the American government to censor films and impact censorship laws on cinema. The Hays Code was a regulation of industry guidelines for the self-censorship of content in the United States (1934-1968). The Hays Code was a blueprint for self-censorship, ensuring films didn't cross lines that would provoke government intervention. The Hays Code (the informal name for The Motion Picture Production Code), adopted in 1930 but not seriously enforced until 1934, was a set ... From the beginnings of motion pictures in the 1890s, some civic authorities have felt they needed to be regulated to protect innocent young minds and ... Betty Boop & the Hays Code The Hays Code of 1934 was the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship guidelines. It was first published in ... 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 Motion Picture Production Code, or the Hays Code, governed US film content from 1934 to 1968, limiting topics and dictating traditional ... 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 ...