Motion Picture Production Code

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film censorship code moral guidelines self-regulatory code

The Motion Picture Production Code was a set of industry moral guidelines that strictly governed the content of American films for several decades in the early-to-mid 20th century.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Motion Picture Production Code canonical	12
Hays Code	9
Production Code era	3
Hollywood Production Code	1
Hollywood Production Code system	1
Motion Picture Production Code enforcement	1
Motion Picture Production Code era	1
Motion Picture Production Code guidelines	1
Motion Picture Production Code system	1
Production Code era Hollywood	1
United States film rating system (pre-MPAA modern ratings)	1
pre-Code Hollywood	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film censorship code ⓘ moral guidelines ⓘ self-regulatory code ⓘ
administeredBy	Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America ⓘ Production Code Administration ⓘ
administeredFrom	Hollywood ⓘ surface form: Hollywood, California
alsoKnownAs	Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ surface form: Hays Code
appliesTo	American motion pictures ⓘ Hollywood studio films ⓘ
basedOn	Catholic moral teaching influences ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
effectiveEnforcementStart	1934 ⓘ
endDate	late 1960s ⓘ
enforcementMechanism	denial of distribution without approval ⓘ requirement of PCA seal of approval ⓘ
goal	to avoid government censorship ⓘ to promote moral standards in films ⓘ to protect the film industry’s public image ⓘ
historicalContext	Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
industry	film industry ⓘ
influencedBy	Catholic Legion of Decency ⓘ
jurisdiction	major Hollywood studios ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
namedAfter	Will H. Hays ⓘ
periodOfProminence	1934–1950s ⓘ
regulates	portrayal of adultery ⓘ portrayal of blasphemy ⓘ portrayal of childbirth ⓘ portrayal of clergy ⓘ portrayal of crime so that crime does not pay ⓘ portrayal of law enforcement ⓘ portrayal of marriage and family ⓘ portrayal of national symbols ⓘ portrayal of nudity ⓘ
replacedBy	MPAA film rating system ⓘ MPAA film rating system ⓘ surface form: Motion Picture Association of America rating system
scope	content of films ⓘ depiction of crime ⓘ depiction of drug use ⓘ depiction of homosexuality ⓘ depiction of miscegenation ⓘ depiction of profanity ⓘ depiction of religion ⓘ depiction of sex ⓘ depiction of violence ⓘ morality in films ⓘ
startDate	1930 ⓘ
typeOfRestriction	prior restraint on content ⓘ

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Hollywood Golden Age → regulatoryFramework → Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ

The Singing Fool (1928 film) → era → Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ

subject surface form: The Singing Fool

this entity surface form: pre-Code Hollywood

Motion Picture Production Code → alsoKnownAs → Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hays Code

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

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

this entity surface form: Hays Code

Production Code Administration → appliedRegulation → Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hays Code

MPAA film rating system → replaced → Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hays Code

Catholic Legion of Decency → influenced → Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motion Picture Production Code enforcement

Will H. Hays → notableWork → Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hays Code

Panic in the Streets → motionPictureRatingSystem → Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States film rating system (pre-MPAA modern ratings)

The Star (1952 film) → hasFilmRatingSystem → Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motion Picture Production Code era

Pre-Code Hollywood → regulationFramework → Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hays Code

Dangerous → motionPictureRatingSystem → Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Production Code era

Bride of Frankenstein → hasFilmRatingSystem → Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ

Pickup on South Street → motionPictureRatingSystem → Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Production Code era

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek → productionCodeEra → Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hays Code

Hays Office → enforced → Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ

Hays Office → basedOn → Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ

PCA → enforced → Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hays Code

The Conspirators → motionPictureRatingSystem → Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Production Code era

The Bad Seed → hasFilmRatingSystem → Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ

Hays → notableFor → Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ

subject surface form: Will H. Hays

this entity surface form: Hays Code

Ruby Gentry → hasFilmRatingSystem → Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Production Code era Hollywood

Passed (Production Code era) → partOf → Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motion Picture Production Code system

Passed (Production Code era) → basisIn → Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ

Joseph I. Breen → enforced → Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hollywood Production Code

United States: Passed by Production Code Administration → partOf → Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hollywood Production Code system

United States: Passed by Production Code Administration → follows → Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ

this entity surface form: Motion Picture Production Code guidelines