Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency (1959)

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1942-43 1940-41 1936-37 1941-42 1946-47 1955-56 1954-55 Title and Distributor Rating Year of Review Seven Miles from Alcatraz (RKO) A-II Seven Sinners (Universal) B Objection: Creates an atmosphere of glamour around the heroine of questionable morals and makes her advances appear amusing and harmless, thus causing the audience to react sympathetically to her. Seven Sweethearts (MGM) A-II Seven Sweethearts (MGM) A-I Seven Were Saved (Paramount) A-I Seven Wonders of the World (Stanley Warner) A-I Seven Year Itch (20th Century-Fox) B Objection: This film treats in a flippant and farcical manner marital fidelity and is suggestive in costuming, dialogue and situations. Note: This classification is applicable only to prints shown in Continental U.S.A. Seventeen (Paramount) A-I 7th Cavalry (Col.) A-I Seventh Cross, The (MGM) A-II Seventh Heaven (20th Century-Fox) A-II Seventh Seal (Swed.) (Janus) A-III Seventh Sin (MGM) A-II Observation: The principle of divorce as employed in this film is to be construed in terms of dramatic conflict. Seventh Veil, The (Sidney Box-General Film Distributors-Universal) B Objection: Lack of adequate moral compensation. Seventh Victim, The (RKO) B Objection: Solution of plot by suicide. Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (Col.) A-I Sez O'Reilly to McNab (Gaumont-British) A-II Sh! The Octapus (First National) A-I Shack Out on 101 (AA) B Objection: Suggestive dialogue and situations. Shadow, The (Globe) A-I Shadow, The (Columbia) A-I Shadow in the Sky (MGM) A-II Shadow of a Doubt (Universal) A-II Shadow of a Woman (Warners) B Objection: Reflects the acceptability of divorce. Shadow of Fear (Br.) (UA) A-II Shadow of Suspicion (Monogram) A-I Shadow of Terror (Producers Releasing Corp.) A-II Shadow of the Eagle (United Artists) A-II Shadow of the Thin Man (MGM) A-II Shadow on the Wall (MGM) A-II Shadow on the Window (Col.) A-II Shadow Returns, The (Monogram) A-I Shadow Strikes, The (Grand National) A-I Shadow Valley (Producers Releasing Corp.) (Eagle Lion) A-I Shadowed (Columbia) A-II 209 1938-39 1956-57 1943-44 1936-37 1958-59 1956-57 1945-46 1942-43 1958-59 1937-38 1937-38 1955-56 1936-37 1937-38 1951-52 1942-43 1945-46 1955-56 1943-44 1944-45 1954-55 1941-42 1949-50 1956-57 1945-46 1936-37 1946-47 1945-46