The National Legion of Decency, also known as the Catholic Legion of Decency, was a Catholic group founded in 1934 by Archbishop of Cincinnati, John T...
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This is a list of films condemned by the National Legion of Decency, a United States Catholic organization. The National Legion of Decency was established...
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National Legion of Decency, February 1936 – October 1959. New York: National Legion of Decency. 1959. Retrieved 3 April 2017. "COURT BARS BLOCKING OF...
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Motion Pictures Classified by National Legion of Decency: February, 1936 - October, 1959. New York: National Legion of Decency. 1959. p. 294. Little, Nadra...
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top-grossing film of 1950, earning ¥60 million in theatrical rentals. In the United States, the Catholic National Legion of Decency condemned the film...
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Baby Doll (section Claims of indecency)
provoked significant controversy, mostly because of its implied sexual themes, and the National Legion of Decency condemned the film. Despite the moral objections...
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English alchemist and physician National Legion of Decency, also known as the Catholic Legion of Decency Continuous level of detail, a computer graphics technique...
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Motion Picture Daily reported in 1958 that the National Legion of Decency objected to the content of Man of the West. In its October 3 issue, just two days...
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Spartacus (film) (category United States National Film Registry films)
as the National Legion of Decency, which picketed theaters exhibiting the film. The controversy over its "legitimacy as an expression of national aspirations"...
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restrictions. The influence of the National Legion of Decency also waned by the 1960s. Evolution Increasingly common glamour shots of popular actresses and...
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Three Came Home (category World War II prisoner of war films)
February 27, 1950. Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency. New York: National Legion of Decency. 1959. p. 240. OCLC 750484145. "Notice bibliographique"...
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contains offensive and suggestive sequences." The National Legion of Decency is now known as the National Catholic Office for Motion Pictures. Advertising...
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Betty Boop (category Fictional presidents of the United States)
aimed at adults, but the content of her films was affected by the National Legion of Decency and the Production Code of 1934, which imposed guidelines on...
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Psycho (1960 film) (redirect from Interpretations of Psycho)
re-release of the movie after the ratings system was first established by the MPAA; these cuts were mandated by the National Legion of Decency. For the...
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of films that are or have been at one time or another banned in the United States; including films banned in some American cities or states. List of banned...
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Mom and Dad (1945 film) (category United States National Film Registry films)
genre of "sex hygiene" films. Although it faced numerous legal challenges and was condemned by the National Legion of Decency, it became one of the highest-grossing...
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A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film) (category United States National Film Registry films)
the National Legion of Decency. In 1993, after Warner Bros. discovered the censored footage during a routine inventory of archives, several minutes of the...
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skimpy that it received a "condemned" rating from the Catholic National Legion of Decency. The outrageous outfits were designed by Howard Hughes and the...
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John Joseph Cantwell (category Burials at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels)
archbishop in 1936. Cantwell was critical of the U.S. film industry and helped found the National Legion of Decency. Cantwell was born in Limerick, on December...
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audience and was one of the least successful releases by Astor. The film received a B rating from the National Legion of Decency, signifying "morally...
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Cultural views on the midriff and navel (category History of fashion)
of female navel exposure and other restrictions. The influence of the National Legion of Decency had also waned by the 1960s. With the withdrawal of the...
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her." The National Legion of Decency stated the "propaganda film offers a warped, over-simplified emotional solution to the complex problems of civil liberties...
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The Man with the Golden Arm (category United States National Film Registry films)
predicted that the subject would also be unacceptable to the National Legion of Decency (a Catholic film censor board), Federal authorities, and state...
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Hays Code (redirect from United States Motion Picture Production Code of 1930)
the National Legion of Decency no longer guaranteed a film's commercial failure (to the point several films were no longer condemned by the Legion by the...
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Motion Picture Daily reported in 1958 that the National Legion of Decency objected to the content of Queen of Outer Space. In its October 3 issue, less than...
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Hit Man (1972 film) (category American remakes of British films)
January 1973 edition of Variety, the film was condemned by the National Legion of Decency, which stated that its "dizzying spectacle of raw sex and supergraphic...
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Forever Amber (film) (category Cultural depictions of Charles II of England)
was condemned by Cardinal Francis Spellman and the Legion of Decency who threatened a boycott of Catholic theatregoers. Fox originally decided to fight...
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movie may also refer to: Movie with a B Rating, a film rating of the National Legion of Decency Bee Movie, a 2007 animated film produced by, co-written and...
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the censorship of literature. A successor organization to the National Legion of Decency, it was largely led by Roman Catholic priests. The NODL was founded...
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Sex in film (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from October 2015)
condemned by the National Legion of Decency and were released only in cut versions. The selection of actresses for a role on the basis of their breast size...
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