@article{866997,
      note = {Date range of documents: 1927-1968.},
      author = {Leff, Leonard J.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/866997},
      title = {Hollywood, moral censorship, and the motion picture  production code, 1927-1968 [electronic resource].},
      publisher = {Gale, a part of Cengage Learning,},
      abstract = {The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)  Production Code Administration Files collection documents  forty years of self-regulation and censorship in the motion  picture industry. The Production Code was written in 1929  by Martin J. Quigley, an influential editor and publisher  of motion picture trade periodicals, and Reverend Daniel A.  Lord, a Jesuit advisor to Hollywood filmmakers. Officially  accepted in 1930 by the Motion Picture Producers and  Distributors of America (MPPDA), the precursor organization  to the MPAA, the Production Code presented guidelines  governing American movie production. In essence, however,  the Code was the template for a theological takeover of  American cinema. The five hundred titles selected were  chosen by the staff of the library's Special Collections  Department, with advice from film historian Leonard J.  Leff.},
      recid = {866997},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      address = {Farmington Hills, Mich. :},
      year = {2012},
}