Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency (1959)

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Title and Distributor Rating Year of Review Small Town Deb (20th Century-Fox) A-I Small Town Girl (MGM) A-II Small Town Girl (MGM) A-I Smart Alecks (Monogram) A-II Smart Blonde (First National) A-II Smart Girls Don't Talk (Warners) A-II Smart Politics (Monogram) A-I Smart Woman (Monogram) B Objection: Reflects the acceptability of divorce. Smash Up (Universal) A-II Smashing the Money Ring (Warners) A-II Smashing the Rackets (RKO) A-II Smashing the Spy Ring (Columbia) A-I Smashing the Vice Racket (John Melville) C Objection: Prostitution and white slavery subject material of picture; immodest dress and costumes; double-meaning lines; obscene dancing and implications. Smiles of a Summer Night (Swed.) (Rank) C Objection: Both in theme and treatment this film seriously violates Christian and traditional standards of morality and decency by reason of an unmitigated emphasis on illicit loves and sensuality. Suggestive costuming, dialogue and situations. Smiley (Austrl.) (Fox) A-I Smiley Gets a Gun (Fox) A-I Smilin' Through (MGM) A-I Smiling Along (20th Century-Fox) A-I Smiling Ghost, The (Warner-First National) A-I Smith of Minnesota (Columbia) A-I Smoke Jumpers (formerly Red Skies of Montana) (20th CenturyFox) A-I Smoke Signal (UniversalInternational) A-I Smoke Tree Range (Universal) A-I Smoky (20th Century-Fox) A-I Smoky Canyon (Columbia) A-I Smoky Mountain Melody (Columbia) A-I Smoky River Serenade (Columbia) A-I Smoky Trails (Metropolitan) A-I Smooth as Silk (Universal) A-II Smuggled Cargo (Republic) A-I Smugglers, The (British) (Eagle Lion) A-II Smugglers' Gold (Columbia) A-I Smugglers' Island (Universal-International) B Objection: Reflects the acceptability of divorce; low moral tone. Snafu (Columbia) B Objection: The title of this film is an expression which has an obscene origin and reference. Portions of the film contain intimations of the obscene origin and reference of the expression. Snake Pit, The (20th Century-Fox) A-II Snake River Desperadoes (Columbia) A-I Sniper, The (Columbia) A-II Snorkel (Col.) A-II 217 1941-42 1936-37 1952-53 1941-42 1936-37 1947-48 1947-48 1947-48 1946-47 1938-39 1937-38 1938-39 1939-40 1957-58 1956-57 1957-58 1940-41 1938-39 1940-41 1941-42 1951-52 1954-55 1936-37 1945-46 1951-52 1948-49 1946-47 1938-39 1945-46 1938-39 1947-48 1950-51 1950-51 1945-46 1948-49 1950-51 1951-52 1957-58