ID Date Type Description Summary
2659 1935-03-06 Letter Paramount agrees to immediately recall all prints of films deemed inappropriate under the Production Code and will recal...
2586 1935-03-01 Letter Acknowledging the receipt of Sheehan and Cohn's report on the PCA seal of approval.
2661 1935-02-26 Letter Acknowledging assurances from Warner Bros. that they will withdraw their films currently in circulation that have been d...
2663 1935-02-25 Letter Breen wants no film to be reissued without PCA approval. Films currently in circulation without PCA approval will now ne...
2664 1935-02-23 Letter The development of a new classification system for films currently in circulation that don't carry the PCA seal of appro...
2666 1935-02-22 Letter Columbia has not replied to Hays' letter concerning the elimination from further distribution of films considered inappr...
2667 1935-02-22 Letter Universal has not replied to Hays' letter concerning the elimination from further distribution of films considered inapp...
2668 1935-02-22 Letter United Artists has not replied to Hays' letter concerning the elimination from further distribution of films considered ...
2669 1935-02-22 Letter Paramount has not replied to Hays' letter concerning the elimination from further distribution of films considered inapp...
2670 1935-02-22 Letter Warner Bros. has not replied to Hays' letter concerning the elimination from further distribution of films considered in...
2671 1935-02-22 Letter RKO has not replied to Hays' letter concerning the elimination from further distribution of films considered inappropria...
2672 1935-02-22 Letter MGM has not replied to Hays' letter concerning the elimination from further distribution of films considered inappropria...
2675 1935-02-22 Letter RKO's Finishing School should be withdrawn immediately and not re-released. The film was originally left off the list of...
1130 1935-02-21 Letter Breen has worked out a formula to deal with the increasing number of movies involving crime and bloodshed. This letter d...
2665 1935-02-20 Letter A list of various films currently in circulation that are not considered appropriate under the Production Code. These fi...
2005 1935-02-18 Letter Who is defending the industry against the Leon Douglass lawsuit concerning color patent? Pettijohn replies -- it is not ...
2679 1935-02-16 Letter Hays thanks Clark for withdrawing Fox's George White's Scandals and Hoopla from circulation. These two films have been i...
2680 1935-02-15 Letter Fox has withdrawn George White's Scandals and Hoopla from circulation. These two films have been included on the list de...
2634 1935-01-28 Letter Shortening the PCA seal of approval on short subjects.
2557 1935-01-21 Letter Thanking Hays for information regarding clauses ensuring compliance with the Production Code and the financial charges i...
2686 1935-01-18 Letter All reissues must be submitted for PCA approval -- it will be the same process as for new productions.
2636 1935-01-16 Letter Thanking Fineshriber for his interest in the Production Code: "You have studied in detail the actual administration of t...
2637 1935-01-09 Letter Agreeing with the decision to have East Coast and foreign production submitted to the PCA.
2638 1935-01-07 Letter Both Warner brothers agree with Hays on the decision to have all East Coast and foreign films submitted to the PCA for a...
2639 1935-01-07 Letter Discussing the decision to have all East Coast productions and foreign films submitted to the PCA for approval. Harry Wa...
2691 1935-01-05 Letter Hays suggests reissues should be submitted for PCA approval prior to re-release.
1131 1935-01-03 Letter All films produced abroad and on the East Coast will henceforth go through the West Coast PCA machinery. Hart will only...
2488 1935-01-03 Letter Issue of representation of liquor and the censors. In Topeka, the Governor's office will endeavor to be more lenient wit...
2375 1934-12-21 Letter Regarding the proposal for the PCA approval seal to appear in the main title of short subjects to avoid the need for ext...
2635 1934-12-21 Letter Reminding Hays to raise the issue of shortening the PCA seal of approval on short subjects with Breen.
2324 1934-12-18 Letter Reply to an update received regarding film on animal experimentation. Medical Motion Picture Films.
2325 1934-12-17 Letter Updating Hays on the medical film concerned with animal experimentation. Hays is the honorary president of the Board of ...
2364 1934-12-13 Letter Outlines the Florida state statute in relation to films and need for the seal of approval from the National Board of Rev...
2361 1934-12-11 Letter Cohn is opposed to changing the NBR approval legend to "Classified and Passed by the National Board of Review" from the ...
1096 1934-12-10 Letter Buckley thinks the continued employment of the National Board of Review (NBR) is a waste of money: "The NBR, as you know...
2376 1934-12-10 Letter Suggesting the PCA seal of approval be placed in the main titles of short subjects as the use of additional footage is a...
1097 1934-12-01 Letter The NBR wants to change the legend used by the studios to "classified and passed by the NBR" in view of current public c...
1085 1934-11-30 Letter Executives have never hissed the PCA Seal as alleged in a recent Christian Advocate. Audiences have done so on occasion...
1082 1934-11-26 Letter Calls to reduce the length of the PCA seal. Currently appears on screen for a relatively lengthy period of time. As patr...
2490 1934-11-23 Letter Two examples of eliminations the Kansas Censor Board insisted upon in two MGM films: The Painted Veil and The Gay Bride....
1100 1934-11-20 Letter Schaefer suggests that the PCA seal of approval be placed with the main title, thereby reducing the cost of the process....
2372 1934-11-19 Letter Hart writes to Eastern Production Managers advising of a meeting to be held on 21 November 1934.
2306 1934-11-17 Letter Hays feels the Production Code Administration seal of approval could be modified but is insistent that the emphasis of t...
2381 1934-11-16 Letter Despite initial misgivings, Hays feels the PCA seal of approval should be shortened, particularly with short subjects.
2373 1934-11-01 Letter Sends Milliken list of short subjects given seal or made before seal was required. Milliken is trying to make sure that ...
2374 1934-10-30 Letter Sends Milliken update on status of several short subjects having no record of PCA seal of approval.
1084 1934-10-29 Letter Shorts must carry PCA seal -- "Experience of others discloses that a minimum of 18 feet of film including fade-in and fa...
2326 1934-10-25 Letter Considering a project to produce animated cartoons depicting various surgical procedures on bones and joints.
2339 1934-10-24 Letter Calling for a meeting of the Board of Directors on 30 October 1934 to further discuss an issue raised at the meeting hel...
2327 1934-10-19 Letter Reply to a letter (10-1589) regarding enquiry concerning the production of animated cartoons depicting bone and joint me...
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