Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America

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film industry trade association self-regulatory organization

The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America was the early 20th-century U.S. film industry trade association, led for many years by Will H. Hays, that regulated Hollywood content and represented major studios.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Motion Picture Association of America	6
Motion Picture Association	3
MPAA	1
MPPDA	1
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc.	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film industry trade association ⓘ self-regulatory organization ⓘ
activeInPeriod	Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood silent film era ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Hays Office ⓘ Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America ⓘ surface form: Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc.
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developed	Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ surface form: Hays Code Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ
dissolved	1945 ⓘ
focus	film content regulation ⓘ government relations and lobbying ⓘ public relations for Hollywood ⓘ
foundedBy	major Hollywood film studios ⓘ
headquartersLocation	New York City ⓘ
historicalRole	precursor to modern film rating systems ⓘ
historicalSignificance	central organization in classical Hollywood studio system ⓘ
inception	1922 ⓘ
industry	motion picture industry ⓘ
keyPerson	Will H. Hays ⓘ
mainActivity	issuing content guidelines to studios ⓘ negotiating with state and local censorship boards ⓘ promoting American films abroad ⓘ
namedAfter	Will H. Hays ⓘ
notableWork	Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ
president	Will H. Hays ⓘ
presidentEnd	1945 ⓘ
presidentStart	1922 ⓘ
purpose	lobby on behalf of the U.S. film industry ⓘ regulate content of Hollywood films ⓘ represent interests of major film studios ⓘ
regulationType	depictions of sex and violence in films ⓘ moral standards in films ⓘ religious and political sensitivities in films ⓘ
regulatoryMechanism	industry guidelines ⓘ self-censorship ⓘ
represented	20th Century Fox ⓘ surface form: 20th Century-Fox Columbia Pictures ⓘ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ Paramount Pictures ⓘ RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ United Artists ⓘ Universal Pictures ⓘ Warner Bros. Entertainment ⓘ surface form: Warner Bros.
shortName	Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: MPPDA
successor	Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Motion Picture Association Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Motion Picture Association of America

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

MPAA film rating system → administeredBy → Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motion Picture Association

Motion Picture Production Code → administeredBy → Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America ⓘ

Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America → alsoKnownAs → Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc.

Christopher Dodd → boardMemberOf → Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motion Picture Association of America

Will H. Hays → employer → Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America ⓘ

American Film Institute → foundedBy → Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motion Picture Association of America

Production Code Administration → foundedBy → Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America ⓘ

Paramount Pictures → memberOf → Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motion Picture Association

Production Code Administration → parentOrganization → Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: MPAA

Basic Instinct → ratingBoard → Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motion Picture Association of America

The Incredibles 2 → ratingSystem → Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America ⓘ

subject surface form: Incredibles 2

this entity surface form: Motion Picture Association of America

Lady and the Tramp → ratingSystem → Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motion Picture Association of America

Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America → shortName → Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: MPPDA

Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America → successor → Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motion Picture Association of America

Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America → successor → Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motion Picture Association