Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency (1959)

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Title and Distributor Rating Voice of the Turtle, The (Warners) A-II Voice of the Whistler, The (Columbia) A-II Volcano (Italian) (Eagle Lion Classics) B Objection: Tends to justify immoral actions; suggestive sequences; contains material morally unfit for entertainment motion picture audiences. Volpone (Revised Version) (French) (Siritzky International Pictures Corp.) B The classification of this film has been changed from C-Condemned (1948) to B-Morally Objectionable in part for All. The reason for the objection is as follows: Suggestive sequences and dialogue. Revisions made in this film are deemed sufficient to warrant a change in classification. This classification, however, is applicable only to prints exhibited in the United States of America, its possessions and Canada. Voodoo Island (UA) A-I Voodoo Man, The (Monogram) A-II Voodoo Tiger (Columbia) B Objection: Suggestive sequence. Voodoo Woman (Am. Intl.) A-II Wabash Avenue (20th Century-Fox) B Objection: Suggestive costuming, singing and dancing. Wac, a Wave and a Marine, A (Monogram) A-II Wac from Walla Walla (Republic) A-I Waco (Monogram) A-II Wages of Fear (Fr.-Eng.) (DCA) B Objection: Suggestive costuming and dancing. Note: This classification is applicable only to prints shown in Continental U. S. A. Wages of Sin (Real Life DramaWillis Kent) C Wagon Team (Columbia) A-I Wagon Train (RKO) A-I Wagon Wheels Westward (Republic) A-I Wagonmaster (RKO) A-I Wagons Roll at Night, The (Warner-First National) A-II Wagons West (Monogram) A-I Wagons Westward (Republic) A-II Waikiki Wedding (Paramount) A-I Wait Till the Sun Shines Nelly (20th Century-Fox) A-II Wakamba (RKO) A-II Wake Island (Paramount) A-I Wake of the Red Witch (Republic) B Objection: Tends to glorify immoral actions; excessive brutality. Wake Up and Dream (20th Century-Fox) A-I Wake Up and Live (20th Century-Fox) A-I Waldwinter (German) (UFA) B Walk a Crooked Mile (Columbia) A-I Walk East on Beacon (Columbia) A-I Walk in the Sun, A (20th Century-Fox) A-I 258 Year of Review 1947-48 1945-46 1950-51 1948-49 1956-57 1943-44 1952-53 1956-57 1949-50 1943-44 1952-53 1951-52 1955-56 1938-39 1951-52 1939-40 1944-45 1949-50 1940-41 1951-52 1939-40 1936-37 1951-52 1954-55 1941-42 1948-49 1946-47 1936-37 1936-37 1947-48 1951-52 1945-46