Production Code Administration

E48473

The Production Code Administration was the Hollywood industry office that enforced the Motion Picture Production Code, reviewing and approving film content for moral acceptability from the 1930s to the 1960s.

AI illustration

How this image was made

AI-generated illustration of Production Code Administration

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Production Code Administration (The Production Code Administration was the Hollywood industry office that enforced the Motion Picture Production Code, reviewing and approving film content for moral acceptability from the 1930s to the 1960s.)

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hollywood self-regulatory body ⓘ
film censorship organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs PCA ⓘ
appliedRegulation Hays Code ⓘ
Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ
appliedTo American theatrical motion pictures ⓘ
Hollywood studio productions ⓘ
basedOnDocument 1930 Motion Picture Production Code text ⓘ
beganStrictEnforcement mid-1934 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
declineBegan 1950s ⓘ
dissolved 1968 ⓘ
enforcedStandard requirements that crime not pay ⓘ
requirements that marriage be upheld as an institution ⓘ
restrictions on blasphemy ⓘ
restrictions on depictions of crime ⓘ
restrictions on depictions of sex ⓘ
restrictions on miscegenation depictions ⓘ
restrictions on nudity ⓘ
restrictions on profanity ⓘ
fieldOfWork film censorship ⓘ
media regulation ⓘ
foundedBy Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America ⓘ
Will H. Hays ⓘ
fullySupersededBy voluntary age-based rating system in 1968 ⓘ
headOfOrganization Geoffrey Shurlock ⓘ
Joseph I. Breen ⓘ
inception 1934 ⓘ
industry Hollywood film industry ⓘ
issued certificate of approval ⓘ
jurisdiction member studios of the MPPDA ⓘ
location California ⓘ
Hollywood ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
operatedDuringPeriod Great Depression ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
postwar Hollywood studio era ⓘ
parentOrganization MPAA ⓘ
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America ⓘ
purpose enforce the Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ
grant approval seals to motion pictures ⓘ
prevent government censorship through industry self-regulation ⓘ
review film scripts and completed films for moral acceptability ⓘ
replacedBy MPAA film rating system ⓘ
Motion Picture Association of America rating system ⓘ
requiredFor major studio film releases ⓘ
significantEvent introduction of PCA seal requirement for distribution ⓘ
significantImpact shaped content and themes of classical Hollywood cinema ⓘ
supervisedBy Catholic Legion of Decency (informally influenced) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Motion Picture Production Code → administeredBy → Production Code Administration ⓘ
Hays Office → alsoKnownAs → Production Code Administration ⓘ
PCA → fullName → Production Code Administration ⓘ
PCA → alsoKnownAs → Production Code office ⓘ
linked to: Production Code Administration
Geoffrey Shurlock → employer → Production Code Administration ⓘ
Geoffrey Shurlock → memberOf → Production Code Administration ⓘ
Passed (Production Code era) → usedBy → Production Code Administration ⓘ
Passed (Production Code era) → timePeriod → Production Code era ⓘ
linked to: Production Code Administration
Passed (Production Code era) → introducedBy → Production Code Administration ⓘ
Passed (Production Code era) → enforcedBy → Production Code Administration ⓘ
Passed (Production Code era) → classificationAuthority → Production Code Administration ⓘ
Joseph I. Breen → employer → Production Code Administration ⓘ
Joseph I. Breen → memberOf → Production Code Administration ⓘ
The Invisible Ray (1936 film) → ratingSystem → Production Code era ⓘ
linked to: Production Code Administration
Caged (1950 film) → motionPictureRatingSystemEra → Production Code era ⓘ
linked to: Production Code Administration
Wee Willie Winkie → hasFilmRatingSystem → Production Code era ⓘ
linked to: Production Code Administration
The Suspect (1944 film) → motionPictureRatingSystemEra → Production Code era ⓘ
linked to: Production Code Administration
Mystery Street → motionPictureRatingSystem → Production Code era ⓘ
linked to: Production Code Administration