Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency (1959)

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Title and Distributor Rating Year of Review Paris Calling (Universal) A-II 1941-42 Paris Does Strange Things (Fr.-Eng.) (War.) B 1956-57 Objection: Suggestive costuming and situations; tends to condone immoral actions. Paris Follies of 1956 (AA) B 1955-56 Objection: Suggestive costuming, dialogue and dancing. Paris Holiday (UA) A-I 1957-58 Paris Honeymoon (Paramount) A-I 1938-39 Paris Model (Columbia) B 1953-54 Objection: Suggestive costuming and situations. Paris Nights (French) (Discina International Films Corp.) C 1951-52 Objection: This picture in the story it tells seriously offends Christian and traditional standards of morality and decency. Suggestive costuming and situations. Paris 1900 (French) (Arthur Mayer-Edward Kingsley, Inc.) B 1949-50 Objection: This picture contains material considered to be morally unsuitable for general motion picture audiences. Paris Playboys (Allied Artists) A-I 1953-54 Paris Underground (United Artists) A-II 1944-45 Paris Waltz, The (French) (Lux Film Dist. Corp.) C 1949-50 Objection: This picture glorifies immoral actions. Suggestiveness and immodest costuming pervade the film. Parisienne, La (Fr.) (UA) B 1957-58 Objection: This film, a light and farcical comedy, has been substantially revised in treatment for its American exhibition. However, it still contains suggestive situations, costuming and dialogue which are seriously offensive to Christian and traditional standards of morality and decency. Note: This classification is applicable only to prints shown in Continental U. S. A. Park Avenue Logger (RKO) A-I 1936-37 Park Row (United Artists) A-II 1951-52 Parnell (MGM) A-II 1936-37 Parole (Universal) A-I 1936-37 Parole, Inc. (Eagle Lion) A-II 1948-49 Parole Fixer (Paramount) A-I 1939-40 Parole Racket (Columbia) A-I 1936-37 Paroled from the Big House (J. D. Kendis) B 1937-38 Paroled— To Die (Republic) A-I 1937-38 Parson and the Outlaw (Col.) A-II 1956-57 Parson of Panamint, The (Paramount) A-II 1940-41 Partners in Crime (Paramount) A-II 1936-37 Partners in Time (RKO) A-I 1945-46 Partners of the Plains (Paramount) A-I 1937-38 Partners of the Sunset (Monogram) A-I 1947-48 Partners of the Trail (Monogram) ; . A-I 1943-44 Party Crashers (Para.) A-II 1957-58 Party Girl (MGM) B 1958-59 Objection: Suggestive costuming and dancing; reflects the acceptability of divorce and remarriage; excessive brutality. 177