Great story. Excellent mother. ‘She told me not to worry.’ What a relief. I would hate to get domoted by the Lord by watching a few films.
The Legion of Decency (1933, Ohio) was supported by millions of concerned parents and we should have a new Legion today. I learned from a movie buff here in Los Angeles that producers respected the Legion of Decency, since the supporters were eager to buy tickets to good films.
List of banned films:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_condemned_by_the_Legion_of_Decency
According to the Wikipedia list, “Spartacus” was banned. Why? For its historical inaccuracies?
It was respect, yes, but more so it was the Hays Code, which the extremely powerful Legion got enacted. That held sway for 3 strong decades until a film where a girl says about a single woman, “Is she pregnant?” I forget title, with David Niven, great movie.
The Legion and the Code were still in tact for a while, but no longer socially influential. Only Catholic diocesan papers printed ratings into the 1970’s.
If you want to see really sexy movies done artistically like they could never do now, see the films prior to 1934!