Unveiling the Hays Code Censorship in Hollywood

The Code's rules were puritanical and severely limiting. The "Don'ts" stated that sex, drugs, and nudity were simply not allowed. A Code to Govern the Making of Talking, Synchronized and Silent Motion Pictures. Formulated and formally adopted by The Association of Motion Picture Producers, ... For more than three decades, the code applied rigid moral scrutiny to films, banning everything from interracial dating to "lustful kissing. The Code was a set of rules governing American filmmaking that shaped and stifled in many ways American cinema for over three decades. The Hays Code was a set of rules that enforced censorship on the American cinema in response to the increase of public complaints about the lewd content of ... The Hays Code came into effect, directors were no longer free, but then they became decidedly creative in telling what they needed to tell. 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 ... 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 ... The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Production Code Administration Files collection documents forty years of self-regulation and censorship in ... The Hays Code, officially known as the Motion Picture Production Code, aimed to maintain a level of morality and decency in films.