Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency (1959)

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Title and Distributor Rating Rose of the Yukon (Republic) A-I Rose of Tralee (Butcher-Hope-Bell) A-I Rose of Washington Square (20th Century-Fox) A-II Roseanna McCoy (RKO) B Objection: Suggestive situation. Rosen aus dem Sueden (German) (Terra Films) A-I Roses Are Red (20th Century-Fox) A-II Rosie, the Riveter (Republic) A-II Rossini (Italian) (Grandi Film Dist.) A-II Rouge et Noir (Fr.) (DCA) A-III Note: This classification is applicable only to prints shown in Continental U. S. A. Rough Riders of Cheyenne (Republic) A-I Rough Riders of Durango (Republic) A-I Rough Riders Round-Up (Republic) A-I Rough Ridin' Justice (Columbia) A-I Rough Riding Rhythm (Ambassador-Conn-Melody) A-I Rough, Tough and Ready (Columbia) A-II Rough, Tough West (Columbia) A-I Roughly Speaking (Warners) B Objection: Reflects the acceptability of divorce. Roughshod (RKO) A-II Round Up, The (Paramount) A-II Round Up Time in Texas (Republic) A-I Rovin' Tumbleweeds (Republic) , A-I Roxie Hart (20th Century-Fox) B Objection: Divorce in plot solution; jibes at agencies of justice; suggestive sequences. Royal Affair, A (French) (Discina International) C Objection: This picture in the story it tells condones and glorifies illicit actions. Royal Affairs in Versailles (Fr.) (Times) B Objection: Suggestive costuming; light treatment of the virtue of purity. Royal African Rifles, The (Allied Artists) A-I Royal Divorce (Imperator Pictures Corp.). B Royal Journey (United Artists) A-I Royal Mounted Patrol, The (Columbia) A-I Royal Scandal, A (20th Century-Fox) B Objection: Suggestive situations and dialogue. Royal Waltz (German) (UFA) A-I Royal Wedding (MGM) A-II Rozina, the Love Child (Czech) (Verity Films) C Objection : This picture, in the story it tells, sympathetically portrays illicit love; moreover, it is offensive to religion and religious characters; suggestive in situations and costuming. Rubber Racketeers (Monogram) A-II Ruby Gentry (20th Century-Fox) B Objection: Suggestive sequences and costuming. Tends to condone immoral actions. Low moral tone. Rugged O'Riordans, The (Australian) (Universal-International).... A-II Ruggles of Red Gap (Reissue) (Paramount) A-I 200 Year of Review 1948-49 1937-38 1938-39 1948-49 1936-37 1947-48 1943-44 1948-49 1957-58 1944-45 1950-51 1938-39 1944-45 1936-37 1944-45 1951-52 1944-45 1948-49 1940-41 1936-37 1939-40 1941-42 1949-50 1956-57 1953-54 1938-39 1951-52 1941-42 1944-45 1936-37 1950-51 1948-49 1941-42 1952-53 1949-50 1940-41