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-The '''National Legion of Decency''', also known as the '''Catholic Legion of Decency''', was an organization dedicated to identifying and combating objectionable content in [[motion pictures]]. For the first quarter-century or so of its existence, the legion wielded great power in the American [[motion picture industry]]. +The '''National Legion of Decency''', also known as the '''Catholic Legion of Decency''', was an organization dedicated to identifying and combatting [[censorship|objectionable content]] in [[motion pictures]]. For the first quarter-century or so of its existence, the legion wielded great power in the American [[motion picture industry]].
-The Legion was founded in [[1933]] as the ''Catholic Legion of Decency'' (CLOD) in response to an address given by [[Nuncio|apostolic delegate]] [[Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani|Amleto Cicognani]] at the [[Catholic Charities]] Convention in New York City. Cicognani warned against the "massacre of innocence of youth" and urged a campaign for "the purification of the cinema". +The Legion was founded in [[1933]] as the ''Catholic Legion of Decency'' (CLOD) in response to an address given by apostolic delegate Amleto Cicognani in which he warned against the "[[massacre]] of [[innocence]] of youth" and urged a campaign for "the [[purification]] of the [[cinema]]".
-Though established by [[Roman Catholic]] bishops, the Legion originally included many [[Protestant]] and even some [[Jewish]] clerics. It was renamed in April of [[1934]], substituting ''National'' for ''Catholic''. By the [[1960s]], however, the organization had become an exclusively Catholic concern. In [[1966]] it was renamed the ''National Catholic Office for Motion Pictures''. Eventually, the entity was subsumed into the [[United States Catholic Conference]], which in [[2001]] was incorporated into the [[United States Conference of Catholic Bishops]]. Responsibilities for reviewing and rating films were transferred to the [[United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Office for Film and Broadcasting]].+[[Mae West]], an early target of the [[Catholic Legion of Decency]], may have had the Legion in mind as the model of the fictional ''Bainbridge Foundation'' in her [[satire]] on [[censorship]], ''[[The Heat's On]]'' ([[1943]]).
- +== See also ==
-[[Mae West]], an early target of the Legion, may have had the Legion in mind as the model of the fictional ''Bainbridge Foundation'' in her satire on censorship, ''The Heat's On'' ([[1943]]).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007]+* [[List of films condemned by the Legion of Decency]]
 +*[[Censorship in the United States]]
 +* [[Hays Code]]
 +{{GFDL}}

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The National Legion of Decency, also known as the Catholic Legion of Decency, was an organization dedicated to identifying and combatting objectionable content in motion pictures. For the first quarter-century or so of its existence, the legion wielded great power in the American motion picture industry.

The Legion was founded in 1933 as the Catholic Legion of Decency (CLOD) in response to an address given by apostolic delegate Amleto Cicognani in which he warned against the "massacre of innocence of youth" and urged a campaign for "the purification of the cinema".

Mae West, an early target of the Catholic Legion of Decency, may have had the Legion in mind as the model of the fictional Bainbridge Foundation in her satire on censorship, The Heat's On (1943).

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