Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency (1959)

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Title and Distributor Rating Year of Review You Were Meant for Me (20th Century-Fox) A-I 1937-38 You Were Never Lovelier (Columbia) A-II 1942-43 You'll Find Out (RKO) A-I 1940-41 You'll Never Get Rich (Columbia) A-II 1940-41 Young America (20th Century-Fox) A-I 1941-42 Young and Dangerous (Fox) A-II 1957-58 Young and the Passionate (Vitelloni) (Ital.) (Janus-API) B 1956-57 Objection: Suggestive costuming and situations. Young and Wild (Rep.) B 1957-58 Objection: Excessive brutality; suggestive situations. Young and Willing (United Artists) B 1942-43 Objection: Suggestive lines and implications. Young and the Damned, The (Mexican) (Mayer-Kingsley) C 1951-52 Objection: This picture in the story it tells seriously offends Christian and traditional standards of morality and decency. Moreover, it contains material morally unsuitable for entertainment motion picture theaters. Young As You Feel (20th Century-Fox) A-I 1939-40 Young at Heart (Warners) A-II 1954-55 Young Bess (MGM) A-I 1952-53 Young Buffalo Bill (Republic) A-I 1939-40 Young Captives (Para.) B 1958-59 Objection: Sadism and excessive brutality. Young Caruso, The (Italian) (I.F.E. Releasing Corp.) A-II 1952-53 Young Daniel Boone (Monogram) A-I 1949-50 Young Doctor Kildare (MGM) A-II 1937-38 Young Don't Cry (Col.) A-II 1956-57 Young Dynamite (Ambassador-Conn-Melody) A-I 1936-37 Young Fugitives (Universal) A-I 1937-38 Young Guns (AA) B 1955-56 Objection: Excessive brutality. Young Ideas (MGM) A-II 1942-43 Young in Heart, The (United Artists) A-I 1938-39 Young Land (Buena Vista) A-I 1957-58 Young Lions (Fox) A-III 1957-58 Young Love (Elekta) A-I 1936-37 Young Man With a Horn (Warners) A-II 1949-50 Young Man With Ideas (MGM) A-II 1951-52 Young Mr. Lincoln (20th Century-Fox) A-I 1938-39 Young Mr. Pitt (20th Century-Fox) A-II 1942-43 Young People, The (20th Century-Fox) A-I 1939-40 Young Philadelphians (War.) A-III 1958-59 Young Scarface (British) (M.K.D. Distributors) A-II 1951-52 Young Stranger (RKO) A-I 1956-57 Young Tom Edison (MGM) A-I 1939-40 Young Widow (United Artists) A-II 1945-46 Younger Brothers, The (Warners) A-II 1948-49 Youngest Profession, The (MGM) A-I 1942-43 Your Past Is Showing (Br.) (Rank) A-II 1957-58 Your Uncle Dudley (20th Century-Fox) A-I 1936-37 You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (Universal) B 1942-43 Objection: Light treatment of marriage. 272