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After a series of sex scandals rocked the film industry in 1922, movie moguls hired Will Hays to clear the image of movies. Hays tried a variety of ways to regulate movies before adopting what became known as the production code. Written in 1930 by a St Louis priest, the code stipulated that movies stress proper behaviour, respect for government, and 'Christian values'. The Catholic Church reinforced these efforts by launching its Legion of Decency in 1934. Intended to force Hays and Hollywood to censor films, the Legion of ...

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Hollywood Censored: Morality Codes, Catholics, and the Movies 1996, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780521565929

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Hollywood Censored: Morality Codes, Catholics, and the Movies 1994, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780521452991

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