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Will Hayes and the Production Code
There was a sense that the film industry was so amoral because they had so little Christian influence and positions of power. Will Hayes is like, well, Jason Joy, like didn't do it. So he brings in Martin Quigley, who is the publisher of an Irish Catholic trade magazine. He calls a priest named Father Daniel Lord and they together write what becomes known as the production code or the Hayes code.
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