The Impact of the Hayes Code on Hollywood's Cinematic Landscape

The point of “Trainwreck,” starting with the title, is that a sexually self-determined woman can wind up a mess. When Hollywood came to be viewed as a place of the dammed and sinful, Will Hayes, a republican and Presbyterian, non-smoker, non-drinker, ... To skirt the guidelines, “lines were rewritten, dishabille scenes adroitly shuffled, and anatomies piquantly draped.” Other films used these and other ... The Motion Picture Production Code was a set of industry guidelines for the self-censorship of content that was applied to most motion pictures released by ... The Motion Picture Production Code. December, 1956. Pages 1-16. What is the American equivalent? The MPAA. Production Code Administration (PCA). -A set of self-regulating guidelines that dictated American film content ... The Hays Code was a regulation of industry guidelines for the self-censorship of content in the United States (1934-1968). The extant versions of the Code vary somewhat in typo- graphical details, layout, word choice, and arrangement of the text. Some omit the philosophical passages ... The Hays Code restricted the content seen in movies between 1934 and 1968. Here's how it affected Hollywood, and why it was ultimately ... The Hays Code was a set of rules that enforced censorship on the American cinema in response to the increase of public complaints about the lewd content of ...