AMST 35a Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Melodrama, National Industrial Recovery Act, Payne Fund Studies
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The motion in which a girl hook a rich man. Academy of motion picture arts and sciences, and code of ethics. The national legion of decency, aka the catholic legion of decency, aka the legion, formed in march 1934. Impact: the catholic did not go to movies which were produced under the code. Top-down hierarchy: when the top person says don"t watch the movies, The payne fund studies 1927-1932, conducted by the motion picture research. Council, synopsized in carl foreman"s our movie-made children (1933) Fdr"s new deal and the national industry recovery act, march 1933. Technically, it is self-regulation, censorship is what the state does. Head of production code administration ( the breen office ) from 1934-1954. Movies made after july 1934, scripts are sent to breen for checking (e. g. this scene is. Send the script to production code administration. Efficient way to please the catholics too sexy cut) Give a production code seal to the script.