William H. Hays Trailers
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! TrailerThat's Sexploitation! TrailerHollywood Scandals Trailer
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! TrailerThat's Sexploitation! TrailerHollywood Scandals Trailer
Total trailers found: 12
06 May 2003
Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered film content.
07 September 1946
This short was released in connection with the 20th anniversary of Warner Brothers' first exhibition of the Vitaphone sound-on-film process on 6 August 1926.
13 January 1928
Footage from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's 1928 film 'The Circus'.
23 May 2007
Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing.
27 September 2021
One-man armies, meet-cutes, casual strolls away from huge explosions — stars and industry insiders toast and roast these cinematic chestnuts and more.
01 December 1987
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Peter Fonda host an examination of the history of decency standards for movies from the early 1920s onwards.
25 January 2006
Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates films, revealing the organization's underhanded efforts to control culture.
06 August 1926
The Honorable Will H. Hays, President of the Motion Picture Producers & Distributors of America, speaks directly into the camera about the important new technology to enhance the motion picture going experience, namely Vitaphone which allows the synchronization of the picture on screen with sound.
25 June 2013
Before the advent of modern-day pornography, a vast and rapidly-paced world of smut peddling was the norm, complete with its own secret history.
03 March 2008
A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934.
11 November 2009
Unzips america’s obsession with sex and takes us on a steamy trip through the milesones of erotic cinema.