Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency (1959)

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Title and Distributor Rating Year of Review Watch the Birdie (MGM) A-I 1950-51 Water Birds (Disney-RKO) A-I 1953-54 Water Rustlers (Grand National) A-I 1938-39 Waterfront (Warners) A-II 1938-39 Waterfront (Producers Releasing Corp.) A-II 1943-44 Waterfront at Midnight (Paramount) A-II 1947-48 Waterfront Lady (Mascot) B 1936-37 Waterfront Women (Bell Pictures) B 1951-52 Objection: Suggestive sequence. Waterloo Bridge (Reissue) (MGM) B 1944-45 Objection: Suicide in plot solution. Waterloo Bridge (MGM) B 1939-40 Objection: Impressions of fatalism; suicide of heroine suggested in plot solution; too detailed references to and treatment of the heroine's moral lapse which, however, is presented as evil, unfortunate and unattractive. Waterloo Road (J. Arthur Rank) A-II 1948-49 Watusi (MGM) A-I 1958-59 Way of a Gaucho (20th Century-Fox) A-II 1952-53 Way Ahead, The (British) (20th Century-Fox) A-II 1944-45 Way Down South (RKO) A-II 1938-39 Way of All Flesh (Paramount) A-II 1939-40 Way Out, The (Br.) (RKO) A-II 1955-56 Way Out West (MGM) A-I 1936-37 Way to the Gold (Fox) A-II 1956-57 Ways of Love (French-Italian) (Joseph Burstyn) C 1950-51 Objection: Presents a sacrilegious and blasphemous mockery of Christian and religious truth; condones illicit actions. Wayward Bus (Fox) B 1956-57 Objection: Suggestive sequence. Wayward Girl (Rep.) B 1957-58 Objection: Low moral tone; suggestive sequence. Wayward Wife (Italian-English) (IFE Releasing Corp.) B 1954-55 Objection: Suggestive dialogue, costuming and sequences. Note: This classification is applicable only to prints shown in Continental U.S.A. Weapon (Br.) (Rep.) A-II 1956-57 We Are All Murderers (Fr.) (Kingsley) A-II 1956-57 We Are Not Alone (Warner-First National) A-II 1939-40 We Are the Marines (20th Century-Fox) A-I 1942-43 We Go Fast (20th Century-Fox) A-I 1940-41 We Have Our Moments (Universal) A-I 1936-37 We Want a Child (Danish) (Lippert Prod.) C 1953-54 Objection: This film deals with a subject morally unsuitable for presentation in entertainment motion picture theaters. Furthermore, the treatment of the theme seriously offends Christian and traditional standards of morality and decency. We Were Dancing (MGM) A-II 1941-42 Notice: This picture was classified as B on the February 12th, 1942 list. Because revisions have been made, the picture has been removed from the B classification to A-II. 260