Meaning of Production Code | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Ellipsis of Motion Picture Production Code.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical, uncountable
2. Alternative letter-case form of Production Code.
   alt-of, uncountable

Examples

“From 1930 to 1956 the Production Code's sixth regulation on matters of “sex” boldly declared: “Miscegenation (sex relationship between the white and black races) is forbidden.””

“When in 1934 an agreement among the major studios in Hollywood to a system of self-censorship – the production code – went into effect, it formalised the verdict that homosexuality could not be represented in acts or words on the screen.”

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