The Hays Code A Crucible for Hollywood's Creative Spirit

The Hays Code, written by a Jesuit priest and Catholic publisher, was designed as a code regulating the moral content of feature films. My family started Universal Studios, and I make videos about their work and legacy. The Hays Code was a set of motion picture censorship ... For more than three decades, the code applied rigid moral scrutiny to films, banning everything from interracial dating to "lustful kissing. 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 ... A look at the Hays Code. The censorship code of the golden age of Hollywood, and how the Studio System of that era made it possible. In pre-Code Hollywood, there were no guidelines around decency to the horror of religious organizations until the Hays Code was implemented. 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 Production Code would be the dominate standard for Hollywood for the next couple of decades, leading to the creation of many classics between 1934 & ... The Code was a set of rules governing American filmmaking that shaped and stifled in many ways American cinema for over three decades. Hays Code (1930) · Adultery, sometimes necessary plot material, must not be explicitly treated, or justified, or presented attractively. · Scenes of Passion.