Unraveling the Hays Code A Masterclass on Film Censorship

The Code was a set of rules governing American filmmaking that shaped and stifled in many ways American cinema for over three decades. The Code included a wide range of restrictions on items like nudity, obscenities, ridicule of religion, and “lustful kissing.” Evil characters ... 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 (the informal name for The Motion Picture Production Code), adopted in 1930 but not seriously enforced until 1934, was a set ... 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 ... What is the American equivalent? The MPAA. Production Code Administration (PCA). -A set of self-regulating guidelines that dictated American film content ... 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 ... Production Code (Hays Code)The Hays Code, also called the Production Code, was a self-imposed system of regulation that explicitly and implicitly affected ... The Motion Picture Production Code, or the Hays Code, governed US film content from 1934 to 1968, limiting topics and dictating traditional ... The Motion Picture Production Code of 1930 (Hays Code). If motion pictures present stories that will affect lives for the better, they can become the most ...