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Hays Office

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Hays Office

 formally Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America

U.S. organization that promulgated a moral code for films. In 1922, after a number of scandals involving Hollywood personalities, film industry leaders formed the organization to counteract the threat of government censorship and to create favourable publicity for the industry. Under Will H. Hays (1879–1954), a politically active lawyer, it initiated a blacklist, inserted morals clauses into actors' contracts, and in 1930 developed a Production Code that detailed what was morally acceptable on the screen. The code was supplanted in 1966 by a voluntary rating system.
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He barely mentions the Hollywood Production Code that was in full force by 1934 and forbade any reference to homosexuality in film; and while he presents some interesting examples of film images that got by the Hays Office of censorship in the latter part of the 1930's, such as one of a queeny makeup artist in Something to Sing About (1937), he fails to analyze their satirical intent.
How 'Gay' Were the Stars of the 30's? by Faderman, Lillian / The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide
But when the movie was made, the censorship board called the Hays Office was in place and didn't allow Nancy to be referred to as a lesbian.
Lesbian who lunches: who knew Jada Pinkett Smith--with all her yoga, ... by Griffiths, John / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
In fact the first Saint movie was planned for 1933 but Hollywood's Inquisition, the Hays Office, turned it down because it would be "anti-social and violent".
Plenty of Saints, but none was worthy of wearing famous halo; looking ... by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
 
 
 
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