The Hays Code A Look Back at Hollywood's Censorship Era

Let's just get this out of the way: the Hays Code was awful. It was sexist, racist, homophobic nonsense that set film back decades and ... What is the American equivalent? The MPAA. Production Code Administration (PCA). -A set of self-regulating guidelines that dictated American film content ... The Code included a wide range of restrictions on items like nudity, obscenities, ridicule of religion, and “lustful kissing.” Evil characters ... In 1930, Hollywood teamed up with the Catholic Church. The result was the Production Code, a document that dictated what movies could and ... The Motion Picture Production Code—commonly known as the Hays Code—arrived in 1930. Co-written by a Catholic priest and the Catholic ... “The code prohibited profanity, suggestive nudity, graphic or realistic violence, sexual persuasions and rape. It had rules around the use of ... The Hays Code - also known as the Motion Picture Production Code - was a set of guidelines that regulated the content of Hollywood movies. The Hays Code, or Motion Picture Production Code, restricted the American cinema industry in the mid-twentieth century. The Motion Picture ... The Hays Code made censorship the status quo for American writers. The effects of government overreach still influence our modern literature. Hays Code (1930) · Adultery, sometimes necessary plot material, must not be explicitly treated, or justified, or presented attractively. · Scenes of Passion.