Uncovering the Hays Code The Hidden History of Film Censorship

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 ... 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 ... The film The Gang's All Here features Carmen Miranda and a chorus line doing the suggestive banana dance with five-foot bananas--banned abroad, but embraced in ... The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Production Code. Administration Files collection documents forty years of self-regulation. About: Hays Code ... The Motion Picture Production Code was a set of industry guidelines for the self-censorship of content that was applied to most motion ... The Hays Code was a set of industry guidelines to ensure films were appropriate for general audiences. It was in place between 1934 to 1968. The Motion Picture Production Code, or the Hays Code, governed US film content from 1934 to 1968, limiting topics and dictating traditional ... 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 ... In this episode, we interview three prominent guests to track the history of film censorship and discuss Hollywood's Hays Code from 1934 to ... 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 ...