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Comparative Statistics on Feature Pictures Reviewed and Classified
Class A-I
Class
A-II
Class A-III
Class B
Class C
S.C.
Total
No.
%
No.
%
No. %
No.
%
No.
%
No. %
*
780
61
380
30
89
8
13
1
1,271
1938
332
62
164
31
32
6
5
1
535
1939
312
54
200
35
50
9
9
1.67
573
1940
271
50
210
39
47
9
10
2
539
1941
267
51.25
197
37.81
50
9.6
7
1.34
521
1942
271
51.13
202
38.11
51
9.62
5
.95
530
1943
229
52.16
151
34.40
55
12.53
4
.91
439
1944
191
44.52
184
42.89
51
11.89
3
.70
429
1945
143
38.1
189
50.4
43
11.5
0
0
375
1946
155
39.64
176
45.01
60
15.35
0
0
391
1947
195
44.32
172
39.09
70
15.91
3
.68
440
1948
174
38.58
188
41.69
82
18.18
7
1.55
451
1949
193
41.33
165
35.33
96
20.56
13
2.78
467
1950
179
39
169
36.82
103
22.44
8
1.74
459
**195l
148
33.49
195
44.12
85
19.23
14
3.16
442
***1952
182
40.81
172
38.56
78
17.49
14
3.14
446
1953
148
38.6
142
37.1
89
23.2
4
1.1
383
1954
138
39.20
127
36.08
78
22.16
9
2.56
352
1955
94
28.74
115
35.17
110
33.64
8
2.45
327
11956
98
29.88
141
42.99
80
24.39
8
2.44
328
1957
139
33.25
131
31.34
137
32.78
11
2.63
418
1958
132
33.42
109
27.59
73 18.48
74
18.73
5
1.27
2 .51
395
1959
70
25
91
32.5
68 24.2
43
15.4
7
2.5
1 .4
280
Comparative Statistics on Domestic and Foreign Feature Pictures
Domestic
Class A-I
Class A-II
Class
A-III
Class B
Class C
S.C.
Total
No. %
No. %
No.
%
No. %
No.
%
No. %
1955 82 29.82
97 35.27
92 33.45
4
1.45
275
tl956 88 32.71
117 43.50
62 23.05
1
.37
269
1957 111 33.13
114 34.03
109 32.54
1
.30
335
$1958 23 33.82
23 33.82
0
0
22 32.36
0
0
0 0
68
■1958 97 34.64
79 28.22
65
23.21
39 13.93
0
0
0 0
280
1959 63 27.04' 82 35.19
53
22.75
34 14.59
0
0
1 .43
233
Foreign
1955
12 23.08
18 34.62
18 34.62
4 7.69
52
1956
10 16.95
24 40.68
18 30.51
7 11.86
59
1957
28 33.74
17 20.48
28 33.74
10 12.05
83
$1958
3 75.
0 0
0 0
1 25.
0 0
0
0
4
■1958
9 20.93
7 16.28
8 18.60
12 27.91
5 11.63
2
4.65
43
1959
7 14.89
9 19.15
15 31.92
9 19.15
7 14.89
0
0
47
* The comparative statistics of the Legion of Decency date from February, 1936. First period covers films reviewed from February, 1936 to November, 1937. From 1938 through 1950 periods are based on films reviewed from November to November.
** This period covers films reviewed from November, 1950 to October, 1951.
*** As of 1952 periods run from October to October.
$ This period covers films reviewed from October. 1957 through November, 1957.
H This period covers films reviewed from December, 1957 to October, 1958 and includes films in the new A-III category. _______
t One film (.30%) was given a "Separate Classification."
In appraising the moral status and trend of motion pictures, statistics alone do not provide adequate and reliable measurement. Statistics should be considered in conjunction with other factors such as the kind and amount of objectionableness in a film rated in any given objectionable or condemned category. The evaluation of the situation must be based on qualitative and quantitative considerations as well as the popularity potentiality of the subject, together with its thematic character.
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