Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)

THOU SHALT NOT: SEX, SIN AND CENSORSHIP IN PRE-CODE HOLLYWOOD (2008): Over seventy years later, they've lost none of their power to shock, entertain, and titillate. So-called "pre-Code" movies remain among the most vital films America has ever produced. But why were these films so much more sexually free and socially critical than what came before or after? Who created the Code, and what did it forbid? And why did it finally become a Hollywood commandment? The answer is a fascinating mix of scandal, big business and social history - a unique collision of events that resulted in one of the most dynamic - and delicious - periods in Hollywood history.











THE DON'TS AND BE CAREFULS (Adopted by MPPDA in 09-27)

Resolved, that those things which are included in the following list shall not appear in pictures produced by the members of this Association, irrespective of the manner in which they are treated:

01. Pointed profanity—either by title or lip—this includes words "God," "Lord," 'Jesus," "Christ" (unless used reverently in connection with proper religious ceremonies), "hell," "damn," "Gawd," and every other profane and vulgar expression, however it may be spelled.
02. Any licentious or suggestive nudity—in fact or in silhouette; and any lecherous or licentious notice thereof by other characters in the picture.
03. The illegal traffic in drugs.
04. Any inference of sex perversion.
05. White slavery.
06. Miscegenation (sex relationships between the white and black races).
07. Sex hygiene and venereal diseases.
08. Scenes of actual childbirth—in fact or in silhouette.
09. Children's sex organs.
10. Ridicule of the clergy.
11. Willful offense to any nation, race, or creed. And be it further resolved that special care be exercised in the manner in which the following subjects are treated, to the end that vulgarity and suggestiveness may be eliminated and that good taste may be emphasized:
A. The use of the flag.
B. International relations (avoiding picturization in an unfavorable light another's religion, history, institutions, prominent people, and citizenry).
C. Arson.
D. The use of firearms.
E. Theft, robbery, safecracking, and dynamiting of trains, mines, buildings, etc. (having in mind the effect which a too-detailed description of these may have upon the moron).
F. Brutality and possible gruesomeness.
G. Technique of committing murder by whatever method.
H. Methods of smuggling,
I. Third-degree methods.
10. Actual hangings or electrocutions as legal punishment for crime.
11. Sympathy for criminals.
12. Attitude toward public characters and institutions.
13. Sedition.
14. Apparent cruelty to children and animals.
15. Branding of people or animals.
16. The sale of women, or of a woman selling her virtue.
17. Rape or attempted rape.
18. First-night scenes.
19. Man and woman in bed together.
20. Deliberate seduction of girls.
21. The institution of marriage.
22. Surgical operations.
23. The use of drugs.
24. Titles or scenes having to do with law enforcement or law-enforcing officers.
25. Excessive or lustful kissing, particularly when one character or the other is a "heavy."
26. Stroking a SysOp for personal gain

Resolved, that the execution of the purpose of this resolution is a fair trade practice.

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