Unveiling the Secrets of the Hays Code A Critical Examination

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 ... This was a set of guidelines that the movie industry used to regulate the content of films from the early 1930s until the late 1960s. Hays (Garden. City, N.Y., 1955), 439-42. Histories of the Production Code vary on its authorship. See Paul W. Facey, The Legion of Decency: A Sociolog- ical ... The extant versions of the Code vary somewhat in typo- graphical details, layout, word choice, and arrangement of the text. Some omit the philosophical passages ... First of all, the Code prohibited a picture from “lowering the moral standards of those who see it.” It called for depictions of the “correct ... “The code prohibited profanity, suggestive nudity, graphic or realistic violence, sexual persuasions and rape. It had rules around the use of ... Hays Office was an American organization, headed by Will H. Hays, that promulgated a moral code for films. In 1922, after a number of ... Motion Picture Production Code American film studio self-censorship rules (1930–1967) In more languages The Pre-Code Films: Hays Code Censorship and the Ever-Changing Hollywood (Classics of 1930-34) [Cook, Sophie] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying ... The Code was a set of rules governing American filmmaking that shaped and stifled in many ways American cinema for over three decades.