The Hays Code Shaping the Moral Landscape of Hollywood

Full documentation from a selection of 500 film titles in the Motion Picture Association of America Production Code Administration records. It was the first attempt to introduce film censorship in the United States, and was fully enforced beginning July 1st, 1934. It remained in effect until the ... 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 ... Pre-Code Hollywood was an era in the American film industry that occurred between the widespread adoption of sound in film in the late 1920s and the ... To skirt the guidelines, “lines were rewritten, dishabille scenes adroitly shuffled, and anatomies piquantly draped.” Other films used these and other ... 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 Motion Picture Production Code was released in 1930. This was also called the Hays Code, named after its creator William H. Hays. Hays was the former ... The representation of LGBTQ characters and themes in popular cinema has been largely stereotypical. The flamboyant, effeminate, and often comedic caricature of ... The Hays Code, written by a Jesuit priest and Catholic publisher, was designed as a code regulating the moral content of feature films. We continue our spotlight the Hays Gaze looking at pre-Code films and the Hays Code by looking at the '31 and '40 film adaptations of DR.