The National Legion of Decency, also known as the Catholic Legion of Decency, was a Catholic group founded in 1934 by the Archbishop of Cincinnati, John...
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This is a list of films condemned by the National Legion of Decency, a United States Catholic organization. The National Legion of Decency was established...
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National Legion of Decency, February 1936 – October 1959. New York: National Legion of Decency. 1959. Retrieved 3 April 2017. "Court Bars Blocking of...
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Motion Pictures Classified by National Legion of Decency: February, 1936 - October, 1959. New York: National Legion of Decency. 1959. p. 294. Little, Nadra...
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Baby Doll (section Claims of indecency)
provoked significant controversy, mostly because of its implied sexual themes, and the National Legion of Decency condemned the film. Despite the moral objections...
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top-grossing film of 1950, earning ¥60 million in theatrical rentals. In the United States, the Catholic National Legion of Decency condemned the film...
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English alchemist and physician National Legion of Decency, also known as the Catholic Legion of Decency Continuous level of detail, a computer graphics technique...
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Spartacus (film) (category United States National Film Registry films)
as the National Legion of Decency, which picketed theaters exhibiting the film. The controversy over its "legitimacy as an expression of national aspirations"...
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Motion Picture Daily reported in 1958 that the National Legion of Decency objected to the content of Man of the West. In its October 3 issue, just two days...
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Churchmen's Committee for Decent Publications (category Censorship of pornography)
States. It was a contemporary of the Roman Catholic National Organization for Decent Literature and the National Legion of Decency. "Religion: Obscenity & Morals"...
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Mom and Dad (1945 film) (category United States National Film Registry films)
genre of "sex hygiene" films. Although it faced numerous legal challenges and was condemned by the National Legion of Decency, it became one of the highest-grossing...
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Hit Man (1972 film) (category American remakes of British films)
January 1973 edition of Variety, the film was condemned by the National Legion of Decency, which stated that its "dizzying spectacle of raw sex and supergraphic...
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skimpy that it received a "condemned" rating from the Catholic National Legion of Decency. The outrageous outfits were designed by Howard Hughes and the...
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Three Came Home (category World War II prisoner of war films)
February 27, 1950. Motion pictures classified by National Legion of Decency. New York: National Legion of Decency. 1959. p. 240. OCLC 750484145. "Notice bibliographique"...
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Betty Boop (category Fictional presidents of the United States)
aimed at adults, but the content of her films was affected by the National Legion of Decency and the Production Code of 1934, which imposed guidelines on...
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Bikini (category CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of September 2024)
restrictions. The influence of the National Legion of Decency also waned by the 1960s. Evolution Increasingly common glamour shots of popular actresses and...
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movement of the action". In 1959, Pope John XXIII had the Catholic Church's National Legion of Decency classify films for the Association of Catholic...
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Psycho (1960 film) (redirect from Interpretations of Psycho)
re-release of the movie after the ratings system was first established by the MPAA; these cuts were mandated by the National Legion of Decency. For the...
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The Man with the Golden Arm (category United States National Film Registry films)
predicted that the subject would also be unacceptable to the National Legion of Decency (a Catholic film censor board), Federal authorities, and state...
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A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film) (category United States National Film Registry films)
the National Legion of Decency. In 1993, after Warner Bros. discovered the censored footage during a routine inventory of archives, several minutes of the...
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either of the previous films were allowed to be under the Motion Picture Production Code. Working in conjunction with the National Legion of Decency, the...
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Motion Picture Daily reported in 1958 that the National Legion of Decency objected to the content of Queen of Outer Space. In its October 3 issue, less than...
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Cultural views on the midriff and navel (category History of fashion)
of female navel exposure and other restrictions. The influence of the National Legion of Decency had also waned by the 1960s. With the withdrawal of the...
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audience and was one of the least successful releases by Astor. The film received a B rating from the National Legion of Decency, signifying "morally...
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Carroll Baker (category American people of Irish descent)
Legion of Decency ensued, which considered it "grievously offensive to Christian and traditional standards of morality and decency". In spite of this,...
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Forever Amber (film) (category Cultural depictions of Charles II of England)
was condemned by Cardinal Francis Spellman and the Legion of Decency who threatened a boycott of Catholic theatregoers. Fox originally decided to fight...
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Maggie McNamara (category American people of Irish descent)
Kansas, Maryland and Ohio and given a "Condemned" rating by the National Legion of Decency. Despite the controversy, the film was a success and earned $3...
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Blowup (category National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film winners)
Code in the United States. The film was condemned by the National Legion of Decency. MGM released the film through a subsidiary distributor, Premier Productions...
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Alexander the Great (1956 film) (category Cultural depictions of Ptolemy I Soter)
earned $2.5 million by the end of 1956, making it the 32nd highest-grossing film of that year. The National Legion of Decency listed the film was "morally...
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to gradually build audience receptivity. In August 1950, the National Legion of Decency condemned the film. On August 22, Chicago police captain Harry...
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