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4 unusual facts about Joseph Breen


Convention City

Because of the lewdness of the film and lack of influence of the Studio Relations Committee, which was supposed to control objectionable content, Convention City and films like it led to the enforcement of the Production Code, overseen by Joseph Breen.

Joseph Breen

For instance, Samuel Goldwyn publicly insisted that the production code be revised.

Around the same time, Howard Hughes, owner of RKO, released The French Line, featuring revealing images of actress Jane Russell in a bathing suit, despite the fact that Breen refused to approve the picture for release.

Remember Last Night?

PCA head Joseph Breen forbade the use of the word "hangover" in the title.


Daniel A. Lord

It was only with the mid-1934 advent of the Production Code Administration headed by Joseph Breen that the Code became the law of Hollywood for more than 25 years.


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