RTF 308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Joseph Breen, National Industrial Recovery Act, Motion Picture Production Code
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The new deal; federal regulation on the rise 1933-1937. U. s. enters wwii in 1942, war ends in 1945. 8 major studios doing well; little 3 about to do better. Bad girl, sleeps her way to the top. Scarface and baby face were both box office hits. Production code administration (pca), 1934; joseph breen, head of the pca. It happe(cid:374)ed o(cid:374)e night (cid:894)(cid:1005)9(cid:1007)(cid:1008)(cid:895) = (cid:862)pre-code(cid:863) fil(cid:373) Films must pass as script, film, and advertising. If a movie passed the guidelines, it received a seal at the beginning of movie. Pca and breen demanded (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges to the plot"s treat(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of ta(cid:374)(cid:449)y(cid:272)k"s a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s. Demanded ending to be reshot to be more moral, changed some lines/scenes. In 1935, labeled a class i film, and banned. Fade outs instead of sex; sly dialogue, innuendo; scripts full of obnoxious distractions. Code (wanes) in effect until 1968, when voluntary mpaa ratings system introduced (was about 1984 when we started getting g, pg, pg13, etc. like today)
