1930's The Arts | "The Production Code of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc.—1930–1934"

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By: The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America

Date: March 1930–1934

Source: The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America. "The Production Code of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America Inc.—1930–1934." Available online at http://home.earthlink.net/~davidp_hayes/prodcode/ProdCode.h... ; website home page: http://home.earthlink.net/~prodcode/index.html (accessed April 9, 2003).

About the Organization: The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA) was established in 1922 by the major Hollywood movie studios to develop an industry response to increasing calls for movie censorship. Now known as the Motion Picture Association of America, it continues to rate movies for the...