Hayes's Office

By 19 31, it became clear that joy and hayes had no more recourse to punish producers whose films challenged the new code than they had been able to enforce the donsan be careful. If the code office denied a film their approval, the studio who made the film appeal to what was called the hollywood jury,. This consisted of a rotating panel of film executives who always washed one another's backs. Meanwhile, in the spring of 19 30, accusations emerged that hayes's office wasn't the squeaky clean house of miracles that it purported to be. Doctor george read andrews, who headed a group called the church and drama league alleged that hayes had more than once