“No film or episode may throw ridicule on any religious faith, and ministers of religion, in their character of ministers of religion, should not be used as comic characters or as villains.”
Such are two of the provisions specified by the new Production Code for motion pictures which was ratified at the annual meeting yesterday of the board of directors of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc., of which Will Hays is president and Carl E. Milliken, secretary.
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