Ninety-five years ago Monday – March 31, 1930 – the Motion Picture Production Code, a form of industry self-censorship also known as the Hays Code, was formed, but not enforced until 1934. It reigned ...
For more than three decades, the code applied rigid moral scrutiny to films, banning everything from interracial dating to "lustful kissing." It... Remembering Hollywood's Hays Code, 40 Years On When ...
Elizabeth Taylor, in a scene from the movie “Suddenly Last Summer,” adapted from a play by Tennessee Williams and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz for Columbia Pictures. (Getty Images) The following ...