How the Hays Code Defined Old Hollywood

From 1930-1968, the Golden Age of Hollywood was internally censored under the powerful eye of the PCA. William Hays and Joseph Breen were ruthless in their moral quest to keep motion pictures pure. Join me by the fire as I spin this yarn of two Christians wrangling a salacious and rebellious industry. The Production Code Booklet: https://digitalcollections.oscars.org/digital/collection/p15759coll11/id/10784 Other YouTubers that go way more in depth: Vox: "How the Catholic Church censored Hollywood's Golden Age" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXZGKhpv8eg Props to History: "The Hays Code and The Studio System" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-5KO7vvuV4 Coldcrashpictures: "4 Cinematic Victims of Hays Code Era Censorship" (this one talks a lot more about Hays destroying Fatty Arbuckle's career) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPnjfqAeKQo Georgia Marie: "The Very Weird Rules of Golden Age Hollywood: The Hays Code and the effect it still has today!" (focus on LGBTQ+ history on screen) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUQ7kTNv_0A Research: 1920s Scandals: https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/1920s-hollywood-stars-scandals-silent-era-talkies/ Fatty Arbuckle trial: https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1034&context=constructing The Great Gangster films of the 1930s: https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-hollywood-gangster-films-1930s Breen was antisemitic: https://forward.com/culture/12234/was-hollywood-s-famed-censor-an-antisemite-00948/ Different examples of filmmakers finding loopholes to the code: https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/hays-code-rules-history-77748/ 1915 Supreme Court Case: Mutual Film Corp. v. Industrial Commission of Ohio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_Film_Corp._v._Industrial_Commission_of_Ohio 1952 Supreme Court Case: Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson (The Miracle Decision): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Burstyn,_Inc._v._Wilson Why Some Like it Hot was banned in Kansas: https://www.slashfilm.com/794146/why-some-like-it-hot-was-banned-in-kansas/