THTRFLM 1T03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: She Done Him Wrong, Motion Picture Production Code, Will H. Hays
25 Jul 2016
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Expansion of 1927"s don"t and be carefuls list (silent movies we watched) Internal censorships because they found them too provocative or vulgar. That list became the production code later in time. Introduced in 1930 by the mppda (motion picture producers and distributors of. Pressured by religious institutions, specifically and the catholic legion of decency. Just used for good taste (for white middle class) Three general principles: no picture shall be produced that will lower the moral standards of those who see it. Hence the sympathy of the audience should never be thrown to the side of crime, wrongdoing, evil or sin. Good must always win and bad must always lose: correct standards of life, subject only to the requirements of drama and entertainment, shall be presented. White middle class: law, natural or human, shall not be ridiculed, nor shall sympathy be created for its violation. Gone with the wind- the word damn is said= forbidden- vulgarity.
