Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency (1959)

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Title and Distributor Husband for Anna, A (Ital.) (IFE) Objection: This picture, in the story it tells, condones immoral actions and in treatment seriously offends Christian and traditional standards of morality and decency by reason of suggestive costuming and situations. Rating Year of Review C 1955-56 I Accuse (MGM) A-I 1957-58 I Accuse My Parents (Producers Releasing Corp.) A-II 1944-45 I Am a Camera (Distributors Corp. of America) C 1954-55 Objection: This film in basic story, characterization, dialogue and costuming offends Christian and traditional standards of morality and decency and must, therefore, be judged as wholly unsuitable on moral grounds for all persons, youth and adults. I Am a Criminal (Monogram) A-I 1938-39 I Am the Law (Columbia) B 1937-38 I Became a Criminal (British) (Warners) B 1947-48 Objection: Glorification of criminals with methods of crime portrayed; excessive brutality; blasphemous use of religious hymn; personal revenge made to appear justifiable. I Beheld His Glory (Cathedral Films) A-I 1952-53 I Believe in You (Universal-International) A-II 1952-53 I Buried the Living (Was: Killer on the Wall) (UA) A-II 1957-58 I Can Get It for You Wholesale (20th Century-Fox) A-II 1950-51 I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (Universal) A-II 1939-40 I Cheated the Law (20th Century-Fox) A-II 1948-49 I Confess (Warners). A-II 1952-53 I Conquer the Sea (Grand National) B 1936-37 I Cover the Big Town (Paramount) A-II 1946-47 I Cover the War (Universal) A-I 1936-37 I Demand Payment (Imperial) B 1938-39 I Died a Thousand Times (War.) A-II 1955-56 I Don't Care Girl, The (20th Century-Fox) B 1952-53 Objection: Tends to justify divorce and remarriage; suggestive dancing. I Dood It (MGM) A-II 1942-43 I Dream of Jeanie (Republic) A-I 1951-52 I Dream Too Much (RKO) A-I 1936-37 I Escaped from the Gestapo (Monogram) A-II 1942-43 I, Jane Doe (Republic) A-II 1947-48 I Killed Geronimo (Eagle Lion) A-I 1949-50 I Killed That Man (Monogram) A-II 1941-42 I Know Where I'm Going (J. Arthur Rank-Prestige-Universal) A-I 1946-47 I Live As I Please (Italian) (Sangraf Pagoraro Prod.) A-I 1946-47 I Live for Love (Warners) A-I 1936-37 I Live My Life (MGM) A-II 1936-37 I Live on Danger (Paramount) A-II 1941-42 I Love a Band Leader (Columbia) A-I 1944-45 I Love a Mystery (Columbia) A-II 1944-45 I Love a Soldier (Paramount) B 1944-45 Objection: No retribution for crime; revenge motive. 106