The Hays Code A Complex Legacy of Control and Creativity

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 Hays Code came into effect, directors were no longer free, but then they became decidedly creative in telling what they needed to tell. The Production Code spelled out specific restrictions on language and behavior, particularly sex and crime -- two sure-fire box office draws. It prohibited ... The code aims to sanitize movies -- no nudity, suggestive dancing, miscegenation, ridicule of religion, illegal drug use, or objectionable language. 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 ... My family started Universal Studios, and I make videos about their work and legacy. The Hays Code was a set of motion picture censorship ... The Code The Code required that no film should "lower the standards of those. Motion Picture Production Code American film studio self-censorship rules (1930–1967) In more languages In this episode, we interview three prominent guests to track the history of film censorship and discuss Hollywood's Hays Code from 1934 to ... The Hays Code, officially known as the Motion Picture Production Code, was a set of industry moral guidelines that governed the production of films in the ...