Unveiling the Hays Code A Glimpse into Hollywood's Censorship Era

The Hays Code, which prevented films from depicting sex or homosexuality, among other things, has no place in today's moviegoing world. We continue our spotlight the Hays Gaze looking at pre-Code films and the Hays Code by looking at the '31 and '40 film adaptations of DR. 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 new edition of this seminal work takes the story of the Production Code and motion picture censorship into the present, including the ... The Motion Picture Production Code, excerpted below, spelled out in detail what was and was not permissible in the nation's most popular form of entertainment. The Production Codes were written in response to plans for the American government to censor films and impact censorship laws on cinema. What is the American equivalent? The MPAA. Production Code Administration (PCA). -A set of self-regulating guidelines that dictated American film content ... Movies from 1930 to 1967 were governed by a Production Code. This web site reproduces it and gives examples of where the Code prevented proposed stories and ... This was a set of guidelines that the movie industry used to regulate the content of films from the early 1930s until the late 1960s. Formally known as the Motion Picture Production Code, but more popularly remembered as The Hays Code, named after William H. Hays president of the Motion ...