Hollywood’s Code Battles Heat Up Over Sex Standards
AP film critic Bob Thomas surveys shifting Hollywood mores from Blue Denim to Anatomy of a Murder and Horse Soldiers. He notes producers seek provocative material while preserving a flexible code, now evolving since 1956 to permit bolder topics yet curb graphic sexuality and explicit content.
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What the code says movies should do
The Hollywood production code bans explicit adultery and illicit sex even if plot critical, allows only suggested seduction or rape when essential, discourages abortion references, upholds marriage sanctity, and avoids portraying casual promiscuity. passion must avoid stimulating baser emotions. William Darrell Strolling, 22, of Columbus, Ohio, killed by a train near here. funeral services for James A. Hewitt, 86, former Elyria mayor, to be held Wednesday.
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