Movies: Hays code

  • 1959
    Anatomy of a Murder

    Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

    Anatomy of a Murder

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    Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler parries with District Attorney Lodwick and out-of-tow...

    Anatomy of a Murder
  • 1942
    A Tale of Two Kitties

    A Tale of Two Kitties (1942)

    A Tale of Two Kitties

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    Two alley cats, Babbitt and Catsello, decide to make a meal out of Orson as he sleeps in his nest atop a telephone pole. The gullible (and loud) Catsello is repeatedly gulled into trying to "get the bird," earning a variety of thrashings from the cas...

    A Tale of Two Kitties
  • 2008
    Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

    Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)

    Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

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    A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934....

    Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
  • 2007
    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

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    Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines the rampant sexuality of early Hollywood through movie clips and reminiscences by stars of the era. G...

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema