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>also the name of the commission formed in the l930s to investigate cinematic
>violence and its impact
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>many thanks
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>hrgmd endit
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Could you possibly mean the Catholic Legion of Decency? The National
Board of Review, or the Hays Office (MPPDA: Motion Pictures Producers
and Distributors of America)?
For an overview of this, see Garth Jowett's _Film: The Democratic Art_;
it contains several chapters covering censorship in the early film
industry. (It's out of print, but shouldn't be that difficult to find).