Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency (1959)

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Title and Distributor Rating Nothing But the Truth (Paramount) A-II Nothing But Trouble (MGM) A-I Nothing Sacred (United Artists) A-II Notorious (RKO) A-II Notorious Gentleman (British) (Universal) B Objection: Light treatment of marriage; reflects the acceptability of divorce. Notorious Lone Wolf (Columbia) A-II Notorious Mr. Monks (Rep.) A-III Nowhere to Go (MGM) A-II Now Voyager (Warner-First National) A-II Numbered Woman (Monogram) A-II Nun's Story (War.) A-II Observation: This entertainment film, noble, sensitive, reverent and inspiring in its production, is a theologically sound and profound analysis of the essential meaning of a religious vocation through the story of a person who objectively lacked a fundamental qualification for an authentic religious calling. If the film fails to capture the full meaning of religious life in terms of its spiritual joy and all-pervading charity, this must be attributed to the inherent limitations of a visual art. Nurse Edith Cavell (RKO) A-I Nurse from Brooklyn (Universal) A-II O. Henry's Full House (20th Century-Fox) A-II O.K. Nero (IFE Releasing Corp.) B Objection: Suggestive costuming, dancing and situations. Note: This classification is applicable only to prints exhibited in the U.S.A. 0 My Darling Clementine (Republic) B Objection: Scene with suggestive implication. O. S. S. (Paramount) A-I O Sole Mio (Italian) (Continental Motion Pictures Corp.) A-II Oasis (Fox) B Objection: Tends to condone immoral actions; excessive brutality. Oath of Vengeance (Producers Releasing Corp.) A-I Oberwachtmeister Schwenke (German) (Carl Froelich) A-I Objective Burma (Warners) A-II Obligacion de Asesinar (Spanish) (Lux) A-II Obliging Young Lady (RKO) A-I Obsessed (British) (United Artists) B Objection: Tends to condone immoral actions. Octavo Mandamtento, El (Spanish) (Estudios Orphea) A-I Octet (GO Pictures) A-I October Man (British) (Eagle Lion) A-II Odd Man Out (J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities-UI) B Objection: Suicide in plot solution. Odette (British) (Lopert Films) A-II Odongo (Col.) A-II 168 Year of Review 1940-41 1944-45 1937-38 1945-46 1945-46 1945-46 1957-58 1958-59 1941-42 1937-38 1958-59 1938-39 1937-38 1951-52 1952-53 1943-44 1945-46 1951-52 1956-57 1944-45 1936-37 1944-45 1937-38 1941-42 1951-52 1936-37 1957-58 1947-48 1946-47 1950-51 1955-56