And don’t forget the biggest censor “miss” of all time, involving an episode of “Leave it to Beaver.” In one scene, June tells her husband, “Ward, you were a little hard on the Beaver last night.” She was obviously referring to Ward disciplining their TV son, but you know the folks in the writer’s room were chuckling when they sent the script up for review, certain the line would be cut, or the censors would demand re-wording. But it went through, and you can still argue it was the “dirtiest line ever uttered on TV”
I’ve wondered about this too. Not only do you have a prostitute but a pregnant woman - although, if I remember correctly, they followed the code and did not use the word “pregnant”.
In 1969, with their joke of a ratings system, I saw a GLEN FORD movie rated “G”. HEAVEN WITH A GUN. Not long ago I saw it on the Westerns channel, and that version would have been given a very heavy “R” rating in 1969.
There were several movies I saw back in 1969 rated “R” that have been re-rated today as PG or PG-13.
Fascinating history. Just saw this in the trivia section on IMDB.
“In 1939, Claire Trevor was the film’s biggest star and commanded the highest salary.”
You must not watch many old movies. Including Hayes Code (I.e., the Golden Age).
There are plenty references to hookers in old movies under Hayes.
Hollywood always promoted prostitution. Congress never got on their case about it because Congress liked the prostitution.