Joseph Breen announces movie code

Title card: "Breen talks on the code for movies!" / SOT Joseph Breen, censor with the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America: "All of the motion picture production companies in the United States have hands in adopting what has come to be known as a production code of ethics. Its broad general purpose is to ensure screen entertainment which will be reasonably acceptable to our patrons everywhere. . .it does mean, most definitely, that the vulgar, cheap, and the tawdry is out. . ." / Note: exact day not known
Title card: "Breen talks on the code for movies!" / SOT Joseph Breen, censor with the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America: "All of the motion picture production companies in the United States have hands in adopting what has come to be known as a production code of ethics. Its broad general purpose is to ensure screen entertainment which will be reasonably acceptable to our patrons everywhere. . .it does mean, most definitely, that the vulgar, cheap, and the tawdry is out. . ." / Note: exact day not known
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Editorial #:
814979402
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
01 September, 1934
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Licence type:
Rights-ready
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Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:01:32:19
Location:
Hollywood, California, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr002536_10_01.mov