Beyond the Black and White The Hays Code's Impact on Color and Representation

Full documentation from a selection of 500 film titles in the Motion Picture Association of America Production Code Administration records. The Hays Code, officially known as the Motion Picture Production Code, aimed to maintain a level of morality and decency in films. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Production Code. Administration Files collection documents forty years of self-regulation. Hays (Garden. City, N.Y., 1955), 439-42. Histories of the Production Code vary on its authorship. See Paul W. Facey, The Legion of Decency: A Sociolog- ical ... In 1930, Hollywood teamed up with the Catholic Church. The result was the Production Code, a document that dictated what movies could and ... 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 ... What is the American equivalent? The MPAA. Production Code Administration (PCA). -A set of self-regulating guidelines that dictated American film content ... The point of “Trainwreck,” starting with the title, is that a sexually self-determined woman can wind up a mess. Filmmakers had to comply with a set of principles known as the Hays Code. Learn more about what the Hays Code banned and why the code was eventually phased out. Hays Office was an American organization, headed by Will H. Hays, that promulgated a moral code for films. In 1922, after a number of ...