1923 Print Will H. Hays Code Motion Pictures Censorship Silent Film Era BBS1 XGEB6 National Hospital For Consumption

National Hospital For Consumption

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This is an original 1918 black and white print ad promoting the Bengal Oriental rugs from James M

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Metropolitan Life Building

1923 Print Will H. Hays Code Motion Pictures Censorship Silent Film Era BBS1 XGEB6 National Hospital For Consumption"Will H. Hays" This is an original 1923 two page (one page, double sided) black and white halftone print with a full page portrait of Will H. Hays (1879 1954), the first President of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA). His office was responsible for the Hays Code for censorship of American films. On the reverse is an article written by Hays "Today and Tomorrow in the Motion Picture Industry". Please see both images.