The Hays Code Unveiling the Hidden History of Hollywood's Censorship

For more than three decades, the code applied rigid moral scrutiny to films, banning everything from interracial dating to "lustful kissing. Hays. The code was created to avoid a code of external censorship being imposed on movie production given the contemporary social climate. The ... 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 ... During the Hays Code, all cinematic portrayals of sexuality were censored, and sexual activity by both male and female characters was controlled ... The Hays Code, officially known as the Motion Picture Production Code, was a set of industry guidelines for the self-censorship of content in films. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Production Code. Administration Files collection documents forty years of self-regulation. Betty Boop & the Hays Code The Hays Code of 1934 was the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship guidelines. It was first published in ... We probably see the US film industry attempt to self regulate like their British counterparts. The Hays code was itself a method of getting the ... 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 included a wide range of restrictions on items like nudity, obscenities, ridicule of religion, and “lustful kissing.” Evil characters ...