Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency (1959)

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Title and Distributor Rating Year of Review Wife Takes a Flyer, The (Columbia) B 1941-42 Objection: Divorce in plot solution. Wife Versus Secretary (MGM) A-II 1936-37 Wife Wanted (Monogram) A-II 1946-47 Wild and the Innocent (U-I) A-II 1958-59 Wild and Wooly (20th Century-Fox) A-I 1936-37 Wild Beauty (Universal) A-I 1945.46 Wild Bill Hickok Rides (Warner-First National) A-I 1941-42 Wild Blue Yonder, The (Republic) A-I 1951-52 Wild Brian Kent (20th Century-Fox) A-I 1936-37 Wild Country (Producers Releasing Corp.) A-I 1946-47 Wild Frontier (Republic) A-I 1947-48 Wild Geese Calling (20th Century-Fox) A-II 1940-41 Wild Harvest (Paramount) B 1946-47 Objection: Tends to condone excessive drinking; suggestive sequence. Wild Heart, The (formerly Gypsy Blood) (RKO) B 1951-52 Objection: Tends to condone immoral actions; suggestive sequences. Wild Heritage (U-I) A-I 1957-58 Wild Horse Ambush (Republic) A-I 1951-52 Wild Florse Canyon (Monogram) A-I 1938-39 Wild Horse Mesa (RKO) A-I 1947-48 Wild Horse Phantom (Producers Releasing Corp.) A-I 1944-45 Wild Horse Range (Monogram) A-I 1939-40 Wild Horse Rustlers (Producers Releasing Corp.) A-I 1942-43 Wild Horse Stampede (Monogram) A-I 1942-43 Wild Innocence (Australian) (Ken G. Hal) A-I 1938-39 Wild Is the Wind (Para.) A-III 1957-58 Wild Man of Borneo (MGM) A-II 1940-41 Wild Money (Paramount) A-I 1936-37 Wild North, The (MGM) A-II 1951-52 Notice: A change has been made in all prints of this film. This revision has been judged to warrant a change in classification from B (Morally Objectionable in Part for All) (1951 52) to A-II (Morally Unobjectionable for Adults). Wild Oat, The (Fr.) (Carroll Pics.) A-II 1955-56 Wild One (formerly Hot Blood) (Columbia) B 1953-54 Objection: Excessive brutality; insufficient moral compensation; suggestive costuming. Wild Party (UA) B 1956-57 Objection : An aura of low moral tone surrounds this film which contains offensive treatment by reason of unnecessary brutality and suggestiveness in costuming and situations. This rating is predicated on an amended version of the picture. Wild Stallion (Monogram) A-I 1951-52 Wild Strawberries (Swed.) (Janus) A-III 1958-59 Wild West (Producers Releasing Corp.) A-I 1946-47 Wildcat (Paramount) A-II 1941-42 Wildcat Bus (RKO) A-I 1939-40 Wildcat of Tuscon (Columbia) A-I 1940-41 Wildcat Saunders (M & M) A-I 1936-37 266