Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency (1959)

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Title and Distributor Rating Year of Review Hilda Crane (Fox) B 1955-56 Objection: This film reflects and tends to justify the acceptability of divorce; it lacks sufficient moral balance to offset the rationalization for wrongdoing. Hillbilly Blitzkrieg (now entitled Enemy Roundup) (Monogram) A-I 1941-42 Hills of Home (MGM) A-I 1947-48 Hills of Ireland, The (World Travel Films) A-I 1950-51 Hills of Oklahoma (Republic) A-I 1949-50 Hills of Old Wyoming (Paramount) A-I 1936-37 Hills of Utah (Columbia) A-I 1950-51 Hired Gun (MGM) A-I 1957-58 Hired Wife (Universal) B 1939-40 Objection: Light treatment of marriage. His Brother's Ghost (Producers Releasing Corp.) A-I 1944-45 His Brother's Wife (MGM) A-II 1936-37 His Butler's Sister (Universal) A-I 1943-44 His Exciting Night (Universal) A-II 1938-39 His Girl Friday (Columbia) A-II 1939-40 His Kind of Woman (RKO) B 1950-51 Objection: Low moral tone; excessive brutality; reflects the acceptability of divorce. His Last 12 Hours (E piu facile per un Cammello) (Italian) (IFE Releasing Corp.) B 1953-54 Objection: Contains material morally unsuitable for entertainment motion pictures; suggestive sequence. His Majesty O'Keefe (Warners) . A-II 1953-54 His Young Wife (Italian) (Armanac, Inc.) A-II 1948-49 History Is Made at Night (United Artists) A-II 1936-37 Hit and Run (UA) A-II 1956-57 Hit Parade, The (Republic) A-I 1936-37 Hit Parade of 1943 (Republic) A-II 1942-43 Hit Parade of 1947 (Republic) A-I 1946-47 Hit Parade of 1951 (Republic) A-II 1950-51 Hit the Deck (MGM) B 1954-55 Objection: Suggestive dancing. Hit the Hay (Columbia) A-I 1945-46 Hit the Ice (Universal) A-I 1942-43 Hit the Road (Universal) A-I 1940-41 Hitchhike to Happiness (Republic) A-I 1944-45 Hitch-Hiker, The (RKO) A-II 1952-53 Hitler— Dead or Alive (Charles House) (Ben Judell Prod.) A-II 1942-43 Hitler Gang, The (Paramount) B 1943-44 Objection: Suggestions of and illusions to unwholesome abnormalities which should not be presented on the entertainment screen. Hitler's Children (RKO) A-II 1942-43 Observation: This film, classified A-II, Unobjectionable for Adults, presents the evils of the National Socialist regime in Germany as they affect children and women. Among the evils challenged in the film is the sterilization of women. Hitler's Hangman (MGM) %A-II 1942-43 100