Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency (1959)

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Record Details:

Title:
Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency
Date:
1959
Publisher:
New York : National Legion of Decency
Volume:
Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency
Leaf #:
000119
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion pictures--Censorship
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
May 30, 2024
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1952-53 1946-47 1939-40 1948-49 1936-37 1939-40 1957-58 1937-38 1942-43 1957-58 1941-42 1938-39 1936-37 1937-38 1958-59 Title and Distributor Rating Year of Review I Love Melvin (MGM) A-I I Love Trouble (Columbia) A-II I Love You Again (MGM) A-II I Married a Communist (RKO) A-II I Married a Doctor (Warners) A-II I Married Adventure (Columbia) A-I I Married a Monster From Out of Space (Para.) A-II I Married a Spy (Grand National) A-II I Married a Witch (United Artists) B Objection: Light treatment of marriage; suggestive in dialogue and costume. I Married a Woman (U-I) A-II I Married an Angel (MGM) A-II I Met a Murderer (Gamma Films-London-York Pictures) B I Met Him in Paris (Paramount) A-II I Met My Love Again (United Artists) A-II I, Mobster (Fox) B Objection: A low moral tone pervades this film which tends to create undue sympathy for a criminal. Furthermore, it contains grossly suggestive sequences which seriously offend Christian and traditional standards of decency. Note: This classification is applicable only to prints shown in Continental U. S. A. I Promise to Pay (Columbia) A-I I Remember Mama (RKO) A-I I Ring Doorbells (Producers Releasing Corp.) A-II I Shot Billy the Kid (Lippert Prod.) A-I I Shot Jesse James (Screen Guild Prod.) A-II I Stand Accused (Republic) A-II I Stand Condemned (United Artists) A-II I Stole a Million (Universal) A-II I Surrender Dear (Columbia) A-I I Take This Woman (MGM) A-II I, the Jury (United Artists) B Objection: Suggestive costumes and sequences. I Wake Up Screaming (formerly Hot Spot) (20th Century-Fox).... A-II I Walk Alone (Paramount) A-II I Walked With a Zombie (RKO) A-II Observation: Voodoo practices are part of plot material. I Want a Divorce (Paramount) A-II I Want to Live (UA) A-III I Want You (RKO) A-II I Wanted Wings (Paramount) B Objection: Suggestive costuming. I Was a Captive in Nazi Germany (German) (Malvina) A-I I Was a Communist for the FBI (Warners) A-I I Was a Convict (Republic) A-I I Was a Criminal (formerly Passport to Heaven) (Film Classics-, Inc.) A-II I Was a Male War Bride (20th Century-Fox) B Objection: Suggestive situations and dialogue. I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island (Columbia) A-II 107 1936-37 1947-48 1945-46 1950-51 1948-49 1938-39 1936-37 1938-39 1947-48 1939-40 1952-53 1941-42 1947-48 1942-43 1939-40 1958-59 1951-52 1940-41 1936-37 1950-51 1938-39 1945-46 1948-49 1940-41