Will Hayes and the Film Industry

In 19 29, an anti semetic iowa senator named smith brook hart proposed that the film industry should be regulated by the federal trade commission. The 25 topics on which producers were advised to be careful ranged from sedition to surgical operations to excessive or lustful kissing. Hayes sent copies of the donts and be careful to all the mantorne papers as evidence that external censorship was not needed because his office was still on the case. But the content of movies didn't actually change much to hue to the dones and be careful. As sound film became more sophisticated and began to develop into an art form that balanced depiction with conversation, studios stopped sending joy their scrips.