Hollywood's Moral Compass The Hays Code and its Impact on Cinema

A look at the Hays Code. The censorship code of the golden age of Hollywood, and how the Studio System of that era made it possible. The Hays Code restricted the content seen in movies between 1934 and 1968. Here's how it affected Hollywood, and why it was ultimately ... Hays Code (1930) · Adultery, sometimes necessary plot material, must not be explicitly treated, or justified, or presented attractively. · Scenes of Passion. What is the American equivalent? The MPAA. Production Code Administration (PCA). -A set of self-regulating guidelines that dictated American film content ... THE HAYS CODE: One of the most important reasons why the TV/film content coming out of Hollywood declined into degeneracy is because the Hays ... The Code was a set of rules governing American filmmaking that shaped and stifled in many ways American cinema for over three decades. 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 ... 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 Hays Code controlled the freedom of Hollywood filmmakers from the 1930s to the 1960s. It changed cinema by dictating the film topics and imagery they could ... 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 ...