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Hollywood drama behind the 1930s production code.

HOLLYWOOD'S CENSOR

Joseph I. Breen & The Production Code Administration

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Today, the Production Code that policed morality in motion pictures from 1930 to 1968 looks like plain old censorship. By modern standards, the rules governing suggestive content, controversial subject matter and vulgar language in American cinema appear stuffy and prudish, not to mention unconstitutional. Will H. Hays, the head of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA)--the precursor to the current Motion Picture Association of America--during Hollywood's golden age, has long taken the rap as the villain behind the code. But outside of film ...

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