Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency (1959)

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Title and Distributor Rating Year of Revit Orphans of the Pecos (Victory) A-I 1937-38 Orphans of the Street (Republic) A-I 1938-39 Orpheus (French) (Discina International Films) A-II 1950-51 Othello (United Artists) A-II 1954-55 Other Love, The (United Artists) A-II 1946-47 Other Woman, The (20th Century-Fox) B 1954-55 Objection: Suggestive costuming, dialogue and situations. Our Hearts Were Growing Up (Paramount) A-I 1945-46 Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (Paramount) A-I 1943-44 Our Lady of Paris (Hirliman Florida Prod.) A-I 1942-43 Our Leading Citizen (Paramount) A-I 1938-39 Our Miss Brooks (War.) A-II 1955-56 Our Neighbors— The Carters (Paramount) A-I 1938-39 Our Relations (MGM) A-I 1936-37 Our Town (United Artists) A-I 1939-40 Our Very Own (RKO) A-II 1949-50 Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (MGM) A-I 1944-45 Our Wife (Columbia) B 1940-41 Objection: Justification of divorce. Out California Way (Republic) A-I 1946-47 Out of the Blue (Eagle Lion) B 1947-48 Objection: Suggestive lines and situations. Out of the Clouds (Br.) (Rank) A-I 1956-57 Out of the Depths (Columbia) A-I 1945-46 Out of the Fog (Warner-First National) B 1940-41 Objection: Suggestive situations. Out of the Past (RKO) A-II 1946-47 Out of the Storm (Republic) A-II 1947-48 Out of This World (Paramount) A-II 1944-45 Out of This World (Lowell Thomas) A-I 1953-54 Out West With the Hardys (MGM) A-I 1938-39 Out West With the Peppers (Columbia) A-I 1939-40 Outcast (Paramount) A-II 1936-37 Outcast, The (Republic) A-II 1953-54 Outcast of Black Mesa (Columbia) A-I 1949-50 Outcast of the Islands (Lopert Films) B 1951-52 Objection: Suggestive sequences. Outcasts of Poker Flat (RKO) B 1936-37 Outcasts of Poker Flat (20th Century-Fox) A-n 1951-52 Outcasts of the City (Rep.) A-III 1957-58 Outcry (Italian) (Crest Films) B 1948-49 Objection: Suggestive in situations, dialogue and costuming. Outer Gate, The (Monogram) A-I 1936-37 Outlaw, The (Revised Version) (Howard Hughes Prod.) B 1948-49 The classification of this film has been changed from C — Condemned (1943-1949) to B— Morally Objectionable in Part for All. The reason for the objection is as follows: Although revisions have been made in this film, it still presents immodest . costuming and suggestive situations. The producer has pledged that all prints of thL subject hereafter presented for public exhibition in the United States shall contain the changes provided in the revised version. 173