Hays Code

The Hays Code spelled out what was acceptable and what was unacceptable content for motion pictures produced for a public audience in the United States. Some of the rules were : Nakedness and suggestive dances were prohibited, The ridicule of religion was forbidden, and ministers of religion were not to be represented as comic characters or villains, The language section banned various words and phrases that were considered to be offensive, and murder scenes had to be filmed in a way that would discourage imitations in real life, and brutal killings could not be shown in detail. Revenge in modern times was not to be justified. I think Hollywood used these rules because they wanted to these movies to apply to all ages. They aren't censored as much now a days and all ages watch them.