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Will Hays and "Pre-Code" Hollywood (Fake News: Fact-Checking Hollywood Babylon Episode 7)

You Must Remember This

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Will Hayes's Claims That the Market Should Decide the Fate of Movies Be Tested?

Hayes led a cessful campaign to defeat a new censorship law in massachusetts. He created the public relations committee, which was incredibly literally named. It united hollywood power players with some of their fiercest critics. These groups got to pretend like they were in on crafting hollywood policy.

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