Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency (1959)

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Title and Distributor Rating Scotland Yard Dragnet (Br.) (Rep.) A-II Scotland Yard Investigator (Republic) A-I Scott of the Antarctic (Ealing Studios-Michael Balcon-Eagle Lion) A-I Scream in the Dark, A (Republic) B Objection: Light treatment of marriage. Screaming Eagles (AA) A-I Screaming Mimi (Col.) B Objection : This film of low moral tone contains grossly sensuous dancing which is judged to be morally offensive to accepted standards of decency; suggestive costuming, dialogue and situations. Scudda-Hoo, Scudda Hay (20th Century-Fox) A-I Sea Around Us, The (RKO) A-I Sea Chase, The (Warners) B Objection: Suicide sympathetically portrayed. Sea Devils (RKO) A-I Sea Devils (RKO) B Objection: Suggestive costuming. Sea Hornet (Republic) A-II Sea of Grass (MGM) A-II Sea of Lost Ships (Republic) A-I Sea Racketeers (Republic) A-I Sea Shall Not Have Them, The (British) (United Artists) A-II Sea Spoilers (Universal) A-I Sea Tiger (Monogram) A-II Sea Wife (Fox) A-II Sea Wolf, The (Warners) A-II Seahawk (Warner-First National) A-I Seal Island (Disney-RKO) A-I Sealed Cargo (RKO) A-I Sealed Lips (formerly Beyond the Law) (Universal) A-I Sealed Verdict (Paramount) A-II Search, The (MGM) A-I Search for Bridey Murphy (Para.) B Objection: The undue emphasis on the power and effect of hypnotism, as presented in this picture, without clearly establishing the necessary moral precautions can lead to serious misinterpretation. Inferentially it tends to create belief in the erroneous doctrine of reincarnation. Search for Danger (Film Classics, Inc.) A-II Search for Paradise (Stanley Warner) A-I Searchers, The (War.) A-II Searching Wind, The (Paramount) B Objection: Reflects the acceptability of divorce. Second Bureau (Premier Stafford) (Radio Pictures Ltd.-Film Alliance of U.S.) A-II Second Chance (20th Century-Fox) A-II Second Chance (RKO) \-U Second Chorus (Paramount) A-I Second Face (British) (Eagle Lion Classics, Inc.) E Objection: Reflects the acceptability of divorce. Second Fiddle (20th Century-Fox) A-I 206 Year of Review 1957-58 1944-45 1948-49 1942-43 1955-56 1957-58 1947-48 1952-53 1954-55 1936-37 1952-53 1951-52 1946-47 1953-54 1936-37 1954-55 1936-37 1951-52 1956-57 1940-41 1939-40 1953-54 1950-51 1941-4? 1947-48 1947-48 1956-57 1948-49 1957-58 1955-56 1945-46 1938-39 1946-47 1952-53 1940-41 1950-51 1938-39