Deciphering the Hays Code A Historical Perspective on Film Censorship

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 ... Movies from 1930 to 1967 were governed by a Production Code. This web site reproduces it and gives examples of where the Code prevented proposed stories and ... “The code prohibited profanity, suggestive nudity, graphic or realistic violence, sexual persuasions and rape. It had rules around the use of ... The Hays Code was part of a censorship program meant to appease religious groups who denounced indecent movies. Hollywood didn't enforce it too strictly at ... Full documentation from a selection of 500 film titles in the Motion Picture Association of America Production Code Administration records. When Hollywood came to be viewed as a place of the dammed and sinful, Will Hayes, a republican and Presbyterian, non-smoker, non-drinker, ... The Hays Code, or Motion Picture Production Code, restricted the American cinema industry in the mid-twentieth century. The Motion Picture ... 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 ... 1 Provisions of the Code · 2 History. 2.1 Before the Production Code; 2.2 1930 to 1934: The start of the Hays Code; 2.3 Enforcement; 2.4 The ... The Code The Code required that no film should "lower the standards of those.