ext1 (0201) - production code

see most of the contextual stuff on the 1950s is already written in my book, so i thought i'll just talk about what isnt, the production code.

much like our code of practice, but without ratings. it was just yes or no basically.

it was introduced coz of scandals in hollywood (eg murder and drugs etc, and hollywood didnt wanna give the impression that that's what kind of lives they lead)

introduced inthe 1930s, over the years, it became a system with very catholic values (eg no killing, adultery, drugs, alochol that wasnt important to story, not even the word "virgin")

priests could not be depicted as comic or villains.

hmm what else.

well people started being rebels. since studios had their own cinemas, but once new cinemas began being opened, new appealing independent films began to be shown.

in counter-attack, the "legion of decency" upped the rules even more. in the end it was overruled since film is a method of freedom of speech.