Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency (1959)

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1942-43 1937-38 1936-37 1940-41 1943-44 1946-47 1939-40 1948-49 1950-51 1938-39 1943-44 1954-55 1947-48 1936-37 1940-41 1937-38 1942-43 1946-47 1958-59 Title and Distributor Rating Year of Review Ladies' Day (RKO) A-II Ladies in Distress (Republic) A-I Ladies in Love (20th Century-Fox) A-II Ladies in Retirement (Columbia) A-II Ladies in Washington (20th Century-Fox) A-II Ladies' Man (Paramount) A-II Ladies Must Live, The (Warner-First National) A-I Ladies of the Chorus (Columbia) B Objection: Reflects the acceptability of divorce; suggestive costuming and dancing. Lady and the Bandit, The (Columbia) A-II Lady and the Mob, The (Columbia) A-II Lady and the Monster, The (Republic) A-II Lady and the Tramp (Buena Vista) A-I Lady at Midnight (Eagle Lion) A-II Lady Be Careful (Paramount) A-II Lady Be Good (MGM) A-II Lady Behave ! (Republic) B Lady Bodyguard (Paramount) A-II Lady Chaser (Producers Releasing Corp.) A-II Lady Chatterley's Lover (Fr.) (Kingsley) C Objection: This film, both in its development and solution of the plot, condones adultery. As such it constitutes an unconscionable attack upon a fundamental tenet of Judaeo-Christian morality. This is all the more reprehensible when such an attack comes through a mass medium of entertainment which in our American society is devoid of reasonable safeguards for the young and the impressionable. Lady Escapes, The (20th Century-Fox) A-II Lady Eve, The (Paramount) B Objection: Suggestive situations. Lady Fights Back, The (Universal) A-I Lady for a Night (Republic) A-II Lady from Cheyenne (Universal) A-II Lady from Chungking (Producers Releasing Corp.) A-II Lady from Louisiana (Republic) A-II Lady from Nowhere (Columbia) A-II Lady from Shanghai (Columbia) B Objection: Low moral tone; suggestive sequence. Lady from Texas (Universal-International) A-I Lady Gambles, The (Universal-International) A-II Lady Gangster (Warner-First National) B Objection: Tends to create sympathy for wrong-doing. Lady Godiva (Universal-International) A-II Lady Has Plans, The (Paramount) B Objection: Suggestive situations and dialogue. Lady in a Jam (Universal) A-II Lady in Distress (Josef Somlo Production-Times) B Objection: Film in its solution does not indicate any compensating moral value for the crime committed by one of the leading characters. 124 1936-37 1940-41 1936-37 1941-42 1940-41 1942-43 1940-41 1936-37 1947-48 1950-51 1948-49 1941-42 1954-55 1941-42 1941-42 1941-42