The Hays Code A Chronicle of Film Censorship

Let's just get this out of the way: the Hays Code was awful. It was sexist, racist, homophobic nonsense that set film back decades and ... 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 ... During the Hays Code, all cinematic portrayals of sexuality were censored, and sexual activity by both male and female characters was controlled ... ... Code' and 'post-Code.' The 'Code' in question is the Motion Picture Production Code, better known as the 'Hays Code,' a reference to Motion ... We probably see the US film industry attempt to self regulate like their British counterparts. The Hays code was itself a method of getting the ... The purpose of the 1930 Hays Code was to establish a voluntary self-censoring system for the production of movies and to improve the image of Hollywood. "Pictures shall not infer that low forms of sex relationship are the accepted or common thing." Adultery and illicit sex, although recognized as ... What movies were improved by The Hayes Code? ... The Hays Code spelled out acceptable and unacceptable content for motion pictures produced for a ... To skirt the guidelines, “lines were rewritten, dishabille scenes adroitly shuffled, and anatomies piquantly draped.” Other films used these and other ... The Hays Code restricted the content seen in movies between 1934 and 1968. Here's how it affected Hollywood, and why it was ultimately ...