Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency (1959)

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Title and Distributor Rating Year of Review Housekeeper's Daughter (United Artists) A-II 1939-40 Housemaster (Associated British) A-I 1938-39 Houston Story, The (Col.) B 1955-56 Objection: Excessive brutality; suggestive dialogue and situations. How Green Was My Valley (20th Century-Fox) A-II 1940-41 How to Be Very, Very Popular (20th Century-Fox) B 1954-55 Objection: Suggestive dancing, dialogue and situations. How to Make a Monster (Am. Intl.) A-II 1957-58 How to Marry a Millionaire (20th Century-Fox) A-II 1953-54 How to Murder a Rich Uncle (Col.) A-I 1956-57 Howards of Virginia, The (Columbia) A-I 1939-40 How's About It? (Universal) A-I 1942-43 Huapango (Spanish) (Orofilm) A-I 1937-38 Hucksters, The (MGM) A-II 1946-47 Hudson's Bay (20th Century-Fox) A-II 1940-41 Hue and Cry (British) (Ealing Studios-Fine Arts) A-II 1950-51 Huk (UA) A-I 1955-56 Hullabaloo (MGM) A-II 1940-41 Human Beast (La Bete Humaine) (French) (Paris Film-Hakim C 1939-40 Juno Films) Objection: Morbid and base theme of determinism; plot contains as elements — murders, sadism, seduction, immoral relationships; suicide solution. Human Cargo (20th Century-Fox) A-II 1936-37 Human Comedy, The (MGM) A-I 1942-43 Human Desire (Columbia) B 1953-54 Objection: Low moral tone. Human Jungle (Allied Artists) B 1954-55 Objection: Suggestive sequences. Tends to arouse disrespect for the law. Human Monster, The (Monogram) B 1939-40 Objection: Excessive brutality and gruesomeness; explicitness in depicting methods of committing crime. Human Wreckage (Cinema Service Corp.) C 1938-39 Humoresque (Warners) B 1946-47 Objection: Suicide in plot solution. Hunchback of Notre Dame (RKO) A-II 1939-40 Hunchback of Notre Dame (AA) A-II 1957-58 Hungry Hill (J. Arthur Rank-Prestige-UI) A-II 1946-47 Hunt the Man Down (RKO) A-II 1950-51 Hunted, The (Monogram) A-II 1946-47 Hunted Men (Paramount) A-I 1937-38 Hunters (Fox) A-II 1957-58 Hunters of the Deep (Distributors Corp. of America) A-I 1954-55 Hurricane (United Artists) A-II 1937-38 Hurricane Island (Columbia) A-I 1950-51 Hurricane of Pilgrim Hill (Hal Roach Jr. Prod.) A-I 1952-53 Hurricane Smith (Republic) A-II 1940-41 Hurricane Smith (Paramount) B 1951-52 Objection: Suggestive costuming; low moral tone. Hurry, Charlie, Hurry (RKO) A-I 1940-41 105