Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency (1959)

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Title and Distributor Rating Year of Review See Here, Private Hargrove (MGM) A-I See My Lawyer (Universal) A-I Sellout, The (MGM) A-II Seltsamer Gast, Ein (German) (UFA) A-II Seminole (Universal-International) A-II Seminole Uprising (Columbia) A-I Senator Was Indiscreet, The (Universal-International) A-II Senechal, the Magnificent (Fr.) (DCA) A-III Senior Prom (Col.) A-II Senorita from the West (Universal) A-I Sensations of 1945 (United Artists) B Objection: Suggestiveness in song and dance. Sensualita (IFE Releasing Corp.) C Objection: This picture in the story it portrays dwells without variation upon suggestiveness in situations, costuming and dialogue and, as such, in the manner of treatment seriously offends Christian and traditional standards of morality and decency. Sentimental Journey (20th Century-Fox) A-II Separate Tables (UA) A-III Sepia Cinderella (Herald Pictures) A-II September Affair (Paramount) B Objection: Reflects the acceptability of divorce. Serenade (War.) A-I Sergeant Madden (MGM) A-II Sergeant Mike (Columbia) -. A-I Sergeant Murphy (Warners) A-I Sergeant York (Warner-First National) A-I Serpent of the Nile (Columbia) B Objection: Suggestive dancing, costuming and situations. Service DeLuxe (Universal) A-I Set-Up, The (RKO) B Objection: Excessive brutality. Seven Angry Men (Allied Artists) A-I Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (MGM) A-II Seven Cities of Gold (Fox) A-I Seven Days Ashore (RKO) A-II Seven Days Leave (RKO) A-I Seven Days to Noon (British) (Distinguished Films, Inc.) A-II Seven Deadly Sins, The (French and Italian) (Arlan Pictures) C Objection: This film consists of a group of episodes, certain of which gravely offend Christian and traditional standards of morality and decency through the presentation of incidents of gross suggestiveness, together with highly offensive portrayals and references to religion and religious persons. Seven Doors to Death (Producers Releasing Corp.) A-II 711 Ocean Drive (Columbia) A-II Seven Guns to Mesa (AA) A-III Seven Hills of Rome (MGM) A-I Seven Keys to Baldpate (RKO) A-I Seven Keys to Baldpate (RKO) A-I Seven Little Foys, The (Paramount) A-II Seven Men From Now (War.) A-II 208 1943-44 1944-45 1951-52 1936-37 1952-53 1954-55 1947-48 1958-59 1958-59 1944-45 1943-44 1953-54 1945-46 1958-59 1946-47 1949-50 1955-56 1938-39 1944-45 1937-38 1940-41 1952-53 1937-38 1948-49 1954-55 1953-54 1955-56 1943-44 1942-43 1950-51 1952-53 1943-44 1949-50 1957-58 1957-58 1936-37 1946-47 1954-55 1955-56