William H. Hays Movies
- 2021
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
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One-man armies, meet-cutes, casual strolls away from huge explosions — stars and industry insiders toast and roast these cinematic chestnuts and more.
- 2006
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
This Film Is Not Yet Rated7.12006HD
Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates film...
- 1987
Hollywood Uncensored
Hollywood Uncensored5.51987HD
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Peter Fonda host an examination of the history of decency standards for movies from the early 1920s onwards.
- 2011
Hollywood Scandals
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TV review of a litany of Hollywood impropriety.
- 1926
Introductory Speech by Will H. Hays
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The Honorable Will H. Hays, President of the Motion Picture Producers & Distributors of America, speaks directly into the camera about the important n...
- 1928
The Circus: Premiere
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Footage from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's 1928 film 'The Circus'.
- 2003
Complicated Women
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Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered fi...
- 2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema4.92007HD
Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines t...
- 2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood6.42008HD
A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934.
- 1946
Okay for Sound
Okay for Sound51946HD
This short was released in connection with the 20th anniversary of Warner Brothers' first exhibition of the Vitaphone sound-on-film process on 6 Augus...