The Hays Code A Journey Through Hollywood's Censorship Wars

When Hollywood came to be viewed as a place of the dammed and sinful, Will Hayes, a republican and Presbyterian, non-smoker, non-drinker, ... The Production Code (also known as the Hays Code) was a set of industry guidelines governing the production of American motion pictures. The ... The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Production Code Administration Files collection documents forty years of self-regulation and censorship in ... The Hays Code, written by a Jesuit priest and Catholic publisher, was designed as a code regulating the moral content of feature films. What is the Hays Code? The Hays Code specified what content was acceptable and unacceptable for films for public audiences in the US. One of its ... Some Like it Hot The Hays Code ... Many credit Billy Wilder's Some Like it Hot with effectually ending the era of the Hays Code. The Hays Code, ... The Production Code spelled out specific restrictions on language and behavior, particularly sex and crime -- two sure-fire box office draws. It prohibited ... A Code to Govern the Making of Talking, Synchronized and Silent Motion Pictures. Formulated and formally adopted by The Association of Motion Picture Producers, ... 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 ... In pre-Code Hollywood, there were no guidelines around decency to the horror of religious organizations until the Hays Code was implemented.