
Ep. 0242: Hays Codes, Part 1: The Old Hays Code
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(Originally published Oct., 2022)
In part 1 of 2, join CJ as he discusses the Motion Picture Association of America’s so-called “Hays Code” (officially: “A Code to Govern the Making of Motion Pictures”), which rigidly controlled the content of most American movies from the early-1930s to the late-1960s.
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