Dec 29 2008
Cracking the Code, Part 4
In 1945, the name of the organization was changed to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), a title that it has retained to this day. As president of this high-profile company, he determined to create a code of propriety for all future movies to adhere to.
The Production Code, or the “Hays Code” as it came to be known, set out numerous limits for the content of American films.
The Code states “general principles” at the outset, which include:
1. No picture shall be produced that will lower the moral standards of those who see it. Hence the sympathy of the audience should never be thrown to the side of crime, wrongdoing, evil or sin.
