Motion Picture Production Code
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The Motion Picture Production Code was a set of industry moral guidelines that strictly governed the content of American films for several decades in the early-to-mid 20th century.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Motion Picture Production Code Context triple: [Hollywood Golden Age, regulatoryFramework, Motion Picture Production Code]
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Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures
Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures is an American film distribution company known for releasing a range of independent and mid-budget feature films.
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Paramount Pictures Studios
Paramount Pictures Studios is a historic major American film studio and production lot in Hollywood known for producing and distributing countless iconic movies and television shows.
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Vitaphone
Vitaphone was an early sound-on-disc motion picture system developed by Warner Bros. that played a key role in the transition from silent films to “talkies” in the late 1920s.
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D.
Legendary Pictures
Legendary Pictures is a major American film production company known for big-budget genre movies such as the Dark Knight trilogy, the MonsterVerse films, and other blockbuster franchises.
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E.
CBI Theater
The CBI Theater (China-Burma-India Theater) was a major World War II operational area where Allied forces fought Japan across challenging terrain in Asia, focusing on supply routes like the Burma Road and support to Chinese forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Motion Picture Production Code Target entity description: The Motion Picture Production Code was a set of industry moral guidelines that strictly governed the content of American films for several decades in the early-to-mid 20th century.
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A.
Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures
Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures is an American film distribution company known for releasing a range of independent and mid-budget feature films.
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B.
Paramount Pictures Studios
Paramount Pictures Studios is a historic major American film studio and production lot in Hollywood known for producing and distributing countless iconic movies and television shows.
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C.
Vitaphone
Vitaphone was an early sound-on-disc motion picture system developed by Warner Bros. that played a key role in the transition from silent films to “talkies” in the late 1920s.
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D.
Legendary Pictures
Legendary Pictures is a major American film production company known for big-budget genre movies such as the Dark Knight trilogy, the MonsterVerse films, and other blockbuster franchises.
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E.
CBI Theater
The CBI Theater (China-Burma-India Theater) was a major World War II operational area where Allied forces fought Japan across challenging terrain in Asia, focusing on supply routes like the Burma Road and support to Chinese forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film censorship code
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moral guidelines ⓘ self-regulatory code ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
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Production Code Administration ⓘ |
| administeredFrom |
Hollywood
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surface form:
Hollywood, California
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| alsoKnownAs |
Motion Picture Production Code
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surface form:
Hays Code
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| appliesTo |
American motion pictures
ⓘ
Hollywood studio films ⓘ |
| basedOn | Catholic moral teaching influences ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| effectiveEnforcementStart | 1934 ⓘ |
| endDate | late 1960s ⓘ |
| enforcementMechanism |
denial of distribution without approval
ⓘ
requirement of PCA seal of approval ⓘ |
| goal |
to avoid government censorship
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to promote moral standards in films ⓘ to protect the film industry’s public image ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Hollywood Golden Age
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surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
|
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Catholic Legion of Decency ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | major Hollywood studios ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Will H. Hays ⓘ |
| periodOfProminence | 1934–1950s ⓘ |
| regulates |
portrayal of adultery
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portrayal of blasphemy ⓘ portrayal of childbirth ⓘ portrayal of clergy ⓘ portrayal of crime so that crime does not pay ⓘ portrayal of law enforcement ⓘ portrayal of marriage and family ⓘ portrayal of national symbols ⓘ portrayal of nudity ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
MPAA film rating system
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MPAA film rating system ⓘ
surface form:
Motion Picture Association of America rating system
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| scope |
content of films
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depiction of crime ⓘ depiction of drug use ⓘ depiction of homosexuality ⓘ depiction of miscegenation ⓘ depiction of profanity ⓘ depiction of religion ⓘ depiction of sex ⓘ depiction of violence ⓘ morality in films ⓘ |
| startDate | 1930 ⓘ |
| typeOfRestriction | prior restraint on content ⓘ |
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Subject: Motion Picture Production Code Description of subject: The Motion Picture Production Code was a set of industry moral guidelines that strictly governed the content of American films for several decades in the early-to-mid 20th century.
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