Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency (1959)

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Title and Distributor Rating Year of Review Kiss for Corliss, A (United Artists) B 1949-50 Objection: Light treatment of marriage; reflects the acceptability of divorce. Kiss in the Dark (Warners) A-II 1948-49 Kiss Me Deadly (United Artists) B 1954-55 Objection: This film tends to glorify taking the law into one's own hands. Moreover, it contains excessive brutality and sug gestiveness in costuming, dialogue and situations. Observation: The classification of this film is applicable only to prints shown in Continental U.S.A. Kiss Me, Kate (MGM) B 1953-54 Objection: Reflects the acceptability of divorce; suggestive costuming, song and dance. Kiss of Death (20th Century-Fox) A-II 1946-47 Kiss of Fire (Baiser de Feu, Une) (French) (Hakim Bros.) C 1940-41 Objection: Series of suggestive and immoral situations constitute principal plot material. Kiss of Fire (Universal-International) A-II 1954-55 Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (Universal-International) A-II 1947-48 Kiss the Boys Good-Bye (Paramount) B 1940-41 Objection: Suggestive sequence and song. Kiss Them For Me (Fox) B 1957-58 Objection: Suggestive costuming, dialogue and situations; reflects the acceptability of divorce. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (Warners) B 1949-50 Objection: Tends to glorify a criminal; excessive brutality; suggestive sequences. Kisses for Breakfast (Warner-First National) B 1940-41 Objection: Light treatment of marriage. Kissing Bandit, The (MGM) A-II 1948-49 Kit Carson (United Artists) A-I 1940-41 Kitty (Paramount) B 1945-46 Objection: Lack of adequate moral compensation. Kitty Foyle (RKO) B 1940-41 Objection: While recording the appreciation of the changes which have been made in adapting the story material to the screen, the Legion finds the film objectionable in part because of divorce and the remarriage after the divorce. There is also a suggestive situation. Kivinnas Ansikte, En (Swedish) (A. B. Svensk -Scandinavian Talking Pictures) A-II 1938-39 Klart Till Drabbning (Swedish) (A. B. Svensk Filmindustri) (Scandinavian Talking Pictures) A-II 1937-38 Klein Dorrit (German) (Bavaria Film) A-I 1936-37 Kleine Schwinderlin, Die (German) (HISA) A-II 1936-37 Kliou (Henri de la Falaise-Bennett Pictures Corp.) B 1941-42 Objection: A suggestive scene. Notation: This is a documentary film about the Moi tribe of Indo-China. Klondike Annie (Paramount) B 1936-37 Klondike Fury (Monogram) A-II 1941-42 122