The Hays Code A Historical Analysis of Hollywood Censorship

In 1930, Hollywood teamed up with the Catholic Church. The result was the Production Code, a document that dictated what movies could and ... 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 Hays Code, or Motion Picture Production Code, restricted the American cinema industry in the mid-twentieth century. The Motion Picture ... When Hollywood came to be viewed as a place of the dammed and sinful, Will Hayes, a republican and Presbyterian, non-smoker, non-drinker, ... A Code to Govern the Making of Motion and Talking Pictures: the Reasons Supporting It and the Resolution for Uniform Interpretation. The Hays Code - also known as the Motion Picture Production Code - was a set of guidelines that regulated the content of Hollywood movies. 30 votes, 43 comments. i'm about to start a school project about the hays' code and its positive/negative effects on film-making: which ... The Code included a wide range of restrictions on items like nudity, obscenities, ridicule of religion, and “lustful kissing.” Evil characters ... Excerpts from Maltby, “The Production Code and the Hays Office,” Grand Design 37-72. Their version of events adheres to the requirements of a familiar early ... Hays Code (1930) · Adultery, sometimes necessary plot material, must not be explicitly treated, or justified, or presented attractively. · Scenes of Passion.