Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency (1959)

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Title and Distributor Rating Year of Review What Price Innocence (Gli Innocenti Pagano) (Italian) (IFE Releasing Corp.) B 1953-54 Objection: Suggestive sequence. What Price Murder (Fr.) (UMPO) B 1958-59 Objection: Suggestive costuming and situations. Note: This classification is applicable only to prints shown in Continental U. S. A. What Price Vengeance (Rialto) A-I 1936-37 What's Buzzin' Cousin? (Columbia) A-I 1942-43 What's Cookin' (Universal) A-I 1941-42 When a Girl's Beautiful (Columbia) A-II 1946-47 When Gangland Strikes (Rep.) A-II 1955-56 When G-Men Step In (Columbia) A-I 1937-38 When Hell Broke Loose (Para.) A-II 1958-59 When I Grow Up (British) (Eagle Lion Classics, Inc.) A-I 1950-51 When In Rome (MGM) A-I 1951-52 When Johnny Comes Marching Home (Universal) A-I 1942-43 When Knights Were Bold (Capital Films) A-I 1941-42 When Ladies Meet (MGM) A-II 1940-41 When Love Calls (Italian) (Superfilm Dist. Corp.) C 1948-49 Objection: This picture tends to condone illicit actions. It offensively presents religious practices and is excessively suggestive in situations and costuming. When Love Is Young (Universal) A-I 1936-37 When My Baby Smiles At Me (20th Century-Fox) B 1948-49 Objection: Reflects the acceptability of divorce. When Strangers Marry (Monogram) A-II 1943-44 When the Daltons Rode (Universal) A-II 1939-40 When the Lights Go On Again (Producers Releasing Corp.) A-I 1943-44 When the Redskins Rode (Columbia) A-II 1950-51 When Thief Meets Thief (United Artists) B 1936-37 When Tomorrow Comes (Universal) A-II 1938-39 When Were You Born? (First National) A-II 1937-38 When Willie Comes Marching Home (20th Century-Fox) A-II 1949-50 When Worlds Collide (Paramount) A-II 1950-51 When You're in Love (Columbia) A-II 1936-37 When You're Smiling (Columbia) A-I 1949-50 When's Your Birthday? (RKO) A-I 1936-37 Where Are Your Children? (Monogram) A-II 1943-44 Where Danger Lives (RKO) A-II 1949-50 Where Did You Get That Girl? (Universal) A-I 1940-41 Where Do We Go From Here? (20th Century-Fox) A-II 1944-45 Where Is My Husband Tonight? (Co Moj Maz Robi W Nocy?) (Polish) (Josef Rosen-Pol-Ton Film Co.) B 1941-42 Objection: Some suggestive lines. Where the Buffalo Roam (Monogram) A-I 1938-39 Where the Hot Wind Blows (Was: The Law) (Fr.) (Embassy)...'... B 1958-59 Objection: Low moral tone; suggestive costuming and situations. This classification is applicable only to prints shown in Continental U. S. A. 263