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Chapter 13 YOU CAN'T CENSOR A LOOK
I found that many of Hollywood's most progressive producers were in open rebellion against the Code. They felt that it was impossible to tell an adult story and observe all the 101 Unholy Commandments of the Breen Office.
Otto Preminger, one of the most successful independent producers, made two films in defiance of the Code : The Man with the Golden Arm and The Moon is Blue. Both these films were extremely moral. The first gave a horrifying picture of the effect of drug-addiction on a human being. The second showed a girl of blatant innocence successfully resisting all attempts on her virtue.
But the Breen Office said that drug-addiction must never be presented on the screen and that a girl's virginity was not a proper subject for comedy, so they refused to give their approval to either film.
Preminger chose to go ahead without their approval — and both films were big successes. But not every producer is prepared to take the risk of making a film that will not get a clearance certificate from the Breen Office (without which it is liable to be banned by individual states) . The majority of producers will usually meet any objections of the Breen Office, even if it means making radical and harmful changes in their scripts.
However, there are artful ways of getting round the Code. I will give you an example of how this can be done. It was generally thought impossible to film the successful Broadway play Tea and Sympathy. This is the
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