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The Production Code listed what could not be shown

Its rules covered crime, sex, religion and even the appearance of evil The 1930 Code was written by a Jesuit priest, Daniel Lord, and a Catholic publisher, Martin Quigley, and set out detailed prohibitions: no sympathy for crime, no suggestive dancing, no ridicule of clergy, careful handling of divorce. Enforcers applied the rules with varying strictness until the mid-1950s. The document shaped how Hollywood told stories. It sits in Mondo's movies & tv collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Showing drug dealing sympathetically was off limitsThe Code required crime to be punished and never shown as attractive The Production Code policed Hollywood for three decadesFrom 1934 studios needed a seal of approval before a film could be released A Hays Office seal decided what cinemas could bookFilms without approval struggled to find screens in the 1930s A 1952 ruling gave films free speech protectionThe Supreme Court reversed its earlier view that cinema was mere entertainment A voluntary ratings system replaced the Code in 1968Jack Valenti introduced the G, M, R and X categories to guide parents The NC-17 rating replaced X in 1990The change aimed to separate serious adult films from pornography

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Its rules covered crime, sex, religion and even the appearance of evil. The figure is taken from Encyclopaedia Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a movies & tv fact?: Yes. It sits on the Movies & TV shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.