Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency (1959)

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Title and Distributor Rating Shock (20th Century-Fox) A-II Shocking Miss Pilgrim, The (20th Century-Fox) A-I Shockproof (Columbia) B Objection: Insufficient moral compensation. Shoe Shine (Italian) (Lopert Films, Inc.) B Objection: Suggestive dialogue and gesture. Shoot First (United Artists) A-I Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (War.) A-I Shooting High (20th Century-Fox) A-I Shop Around the Corner (MGM) A-II Shop Girls of Paris (French) (Mage Films) A-II Shopworn Angel (MGM) A-II Shotgun (Allied Artists) B Objection: Suggestive sequence; excessive brutality. Short Cut to Hell (Para.) B Objection: Low moral tone; suggestive sequence. Short Grass (Allied Artists) A-II Shot in the Dark, A (Warner-First National) A-II Should a Girl Marry (Monogram) A-II Should Husbands Work? (Republic) A-I Show Boat (Universal) A-II Show Business (RKO) A-II Show Goes On, The (Gaumont-British) A-II Show Them No Mercy (20th Century-Fox) A-II Showboat (MGM) A-II Showdown At Abilene (U-I) B Objection: Excessive brutality. Showdown at Boothill (Fox) A-II Showdown, The (Paramount) A-I Showdown (Republic) B Objection: Suggestive sequence. Show-Off, The (MGM) A-I Showtime (British) (English Films) A-II Shrike, The (Universal-International) A-II Shut My Big Mouth (Columbia) A-II Side Street (MGM) A-II Sideshow (Monogram) A-I Sidewalks of London (Pommer-Laughton-Mayflower-Paramount) A-II Siege of Red River, The (20th Century-Fox) A-I Sierra (Universal-International) A-I Sierra Baron (Fox) A-I Sierra Passage (Monogram) B Objection: Tends to condone the taking of the law into one's own hands. Sierra Stranger (Col.) A-II Sierra Sue (Republic) A-I Sign of the Cross (Cecil B. DeMille-Paramount) B Objection: The version used in this reissue still contains suggestive sequences and costumes and some suggestive dialogue. Sign of the Pagan (Universal-International) A-II Sign of the Ram (Columbia) B Objection: Suicide in plot solution. 212 Year of Review 1945-46 1946-47 1948-49 1946-47 1952-53 1956-57 1939-40 1939-40 1946-47 1937-38 1954-55 1956-57 1950-51 1940-41 1938-39 1938-39 1936-37 1943-44 1937-38 1936-37 1950-51 1955-56 1957-58 1939-40 1949-50 1945-46 1947-48 1954-55 1941-42 1949-50 1949-50 1939-40 1953-54 1949-50 1957-58 1950-51 1956-57 1941-42 1943-44 1954-55 1947-48