The Hays Code Shaping the Golden Age of Hollywood

The 1934 Motion Picture Production Code, commonly known as the Hays Code, is just one story of people, places, organizations and events that have shaped Los ... March 31, 1930 is the day the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (the precursor organization to our current MPAA) officially adopted the Hays ... it was eighty years ago today—15 July 1934—that the Production Code Administration, one of Hollywood's most successful attempts to police itself ... 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. The Hays Code was a set of rules that enforced censorship on the American cinema in response to the increase of public complaints about the lewd content of ... Hays. The code was created to avoid a code of external censorship being imposed on movie production given the contemporary social climate. The ... 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 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 ... 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 Motion Picture Production Code—commonly known as the Hays Code—arrived in 1930. Co-written by a Catholic priest and the Catholic ...