Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency (1959)

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Title and Distributor Rating Mad Youth (Willis Kent) (Real Life Drama) C Madame Bovary (MGM) A-II Madame Butterfly (Ital.) (IFE) A-II Madame Curie (MGM) A-I Observation: The concluding words in the film imply an omnipotence for science in cleansing in time "this world of its evils, its ignorance, its poverty, diseases, wars and heartaches.'" Science can do much to alleviate physical evil and will, God willing, do more. All the evils in the world, however, are not material evils. There are moral evils. Religion has its God-given role in combatting evil in the world. Madame Spy (Universal) A-II Madame X (MGM) A-II Maddalena (Italian) (IFE Releasing Corp.) B Objection: This picture, although positive in approach and spiritual in theme, nevertheless, contains suggestive costuming and morally objectionable situations. Note: This classification is applicable only to prints shown in Continental U.S.A. Made for Each Other (United Artists) A-II Madeleine (British) (Universal-International) B Objection: Suggestive sequence. Mademoiselle Fifi (RKO) A-II Mademoiselle Gobette (French) (IFE Releasing Corp.) C Objection: This picture, in the story it tells, seriously offends in both theme and treatment Christian and traditional standards of morality and decency. Moreover, it dwells constantly on a farcical presentation of the virtue of purity. Mademoiselle Ma Mere (French) (J. H. Hoffberg, Inc.) B Objection: Light treatment of marriage and suggestive dialogue. Mademoiselle Ma Mere (French) (J. H. Hoffberg, Inc.) B Mademoiselle Striptease (Please ! Mr. Balzac) (Fr.) (DCA) C Objection: The completely immoral atmosphere in which the theme of this film is developed, plus gross suggestiveness in costuming, dialogue, dancing and situations, constitute a serious threat to moral standards and proper behavior patterns. Madness of the Heart (British) (Universal-International) A-II Madonna of the Desert (Republic) A-I Madonna of the Seven Moons (Gainsborough-Eagle Lion-Universal) A-II "Madonna, Wo Bist Du?" (German) (Paramount) A-II Madonna's Secret, The (Republic) A-II Maedchen Irene, Das (German) (UFA) A-II Maedchen Johanna, Das (German) (UFA) A-I Maedel mit Tempo (German) (German Fox Co.) A-I Mafia (Italian) (Lux Film Dist. Corp.) B Objection: Suggestive situations; tends to condone immoral actions. Magic Bow, The (J. Arthur Rank-GFD-Universal) A-I Magic Box, The (Mayer-Kingsley) A-I Magic Carpet (Columbia) A-I 140 Year oi Review 1938-39 1948-49 1955-56 1943-44 1941-42 1936-37 1954-55 1938-39 1949-50 1943-44 1954-55 1939-40 1938-39 1956-57 1949-50 1947-48 1945-46 1936-37 1945-46 1936-37 1936-37 1936-37 1949-50 1946-47 1951-52 1950-51