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    the Hays Code, after Will H. Hays, president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA) from 1922 to 1945. Under Hays's leadership...
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    Committee from 1918 to 1921, Hays managed the successful 1920 presidential campaign of Warren G. Harding. Harding then appointed Hays to his cabinet as his first...
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  • enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code (Hays Code) censorship guidelines. Although the Code was adopted in 1930, oversight was poor and it...
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    the Motion Picture Production Code censorship guidelines (popularly known as the Hays Code) in 1934. Although the Hays Code was adopted in 1930, oversight...
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    approval from the Motion Picture Production Code (Hays Code) because it features cross-dressing. The code had been gradually weakening in its scope since...
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  • obligation to send their scripts to Hays's office, nor to follow his recommendations. In 1927, Hays oversaw the creation of a code of "Don'ts and Be Carefuls"...
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  • University in Hays, Kansas Walter Hays School in Palo Alto, California Hay's Galleria, a shopping mall and tourist attraction in London Hays Code, a set of...
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    also a college town, home to Fort Hays State University. Before American settlement of the area, the site of Hays was located near where the territories...
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    to 2016, Hays County, third on the national list, had nearly 10,000 new residents during the year. The county is named for John Coffee Hays, a Texas Ranger...
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    and nominations received by Bette Davis Motion Picture Production Code (Hays Code) Classical Hollywood cinema Michele Bourgoin, Suzanne (1998). Encyclopedia...
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