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The film was condemned by the [[Catholic Legion of Decency]] for its plot in which a young girl makes fun of her parents' concerns for her virtue. It was the first film to use the words "virgin", The film was condemned by the [[Catholic Legion of Decency]] for its plot in which a young girl makes fun of her parents' concerns for her virtue. It was the first film to use the words "virgin",
-"seduce" and "mistress" since the enactment of the strict [[Production Code]] in mid-1934, and as a result was at first independently released, but achieved success and was nominated for several Oscars. Preminger's refusal to back down and get the film released helped to break down the Catholic censorship that had controlled Hollywood output since 1934. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moon_Is_Blue]+"seduce" and "mistress" since the enactment of the strict [[Production Code]] in mid-1934, and as a result was at first independently released, but achieved success and was nominated for several Oscars. Preminger's refusal to back down and get the film released helped to break down the Catholic censorship that had controlled Hollywood output since 1934. ==Filmography==
 +*''[[Die große Liebe]]'' (1931)
 +*''[[Under Your Spell (film)|Under Your Spell]]'' (1936)
 +*''[[Danger, Love at Work]]'' (1937)
 +*''[[Kidnapped (1938 film)|Kidnapped]]'' (1938)
 +*''[[Clare Booth Luce's Margin for Error (1943 movie)|Clare Booth Luce's Margin for Error]]'' (U.S.) also known as '' Margin for Error'' (UK) (1943)
 +*''[[In the Meantime, Darling]]'' (1944)
 +*''[[Laura (1944 film)|Laura]]'' (1944)
 +*''[[AA Royal Scandal (film)|A Royal Scandal]]'' (U.S.) also known as ''Czarina'' (UK) (1945)
 +*''[[Fallen Angel (1945 film)|Fallen Angel]]'' (1945)
 +*''[[Forever Amber]]'' (1947)
 +*''[[Daisy Kenyon]]'' (1947)
 +*''[[The Fan (1949 film)|The Fan]]'' (U.S.) also known as ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (UK) (1949)
 +*''[[Whirlpool (film)|Whirlpool]]'' (1949)
 +*''[[Where the Sidewalk Ends]]'' (1950)
 +*''[[The 13th Letter]]'' (1951)
 +*''[[Angel Face]]'' (1952)
 +*''[[Stalag 17]]'' (1953)
 +*''[[The Moon Is Blue]]'' (1953)
 +*''[[Carmen Jones]]'' (1954)
 +*''[[River of No Return]]'' (1954)
 +*''[[The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (film)|The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell]]'' (U.S.) also known as ''One Man Mutiny'' (UK) (1955)
 +*''[[The Man with the Golden Arm]]'' (1956)
 +*''[[Saint Joan (1957 film)|Saint Joan]]'' (1957)
 +*''[[Bonjour Tristesse]]'' (1958)
 +*''[[Porgy and Bess (1959 film)|Porgy and Bess]]'' (1959)
 +*''[[Anatomy of a Murder]]'' (1959)
 +*''[[Exodus (film)|Exodus]]'' (1960)
 +*''[[Advise and Consent]]'' (1962)
 +*''[[The Cardinal]]'' (1963)
 +*''[[In Harm's Way]]'' (1964)
 +*''[[Bunny Lake Is Missing]]'' (1965)
 +*''[[Hurry Sundown (film)|Hurry Sundown]]'' (1967)
 +*''[[Skidoo (film)|Skidoo]]'' (1968)
 +*''[[Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon]]'' (1970)
 +*''[[Such Good Friends]]'' (1971)
 +*''[[Rosebud (film)|Rosebud]]'' (1975)
 +*''[[The Human Factor (film)|The Human Factor]]'' (1979)
 + 
 +===Awards===
 +Preminger received one [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] for ''[[Anatomy of a Murder]]''. He was twice nominated for the best director award for ''[[Laura (1944 film)|Laura]]'' and for ''[[The Cardinal]]''.

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Otto Ludwig Preminger (December 5, 1906 – April 23, 1986) was an Austrian actor and film director. [1] [Apr 2007]


The production code and foreign films

At the forefront of challenges to the American Production Code was director Otto Preminger, whose films violated the code repeatedly in the 1950s. His 1953 film The Moon is Blue, about a young woman who tries to play two suitors off against each other by claiming that she plans to keep her virginity until marriage, was the first film to use the words "virgin", "seduce" and "mistress", and it was released without a certificate of approval. He later made The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), which portrayed the prohibited subject of drug abuse, and Anatomy of a Murder (1959) which dealt with rape. Preminger's films were direct assaults on the authority of the Production Code and, since they were successful, hastened its abandonment. [2]

The Moon Is Blue

The Moon Is Blue is a 1953 comedy film directed by Otto Preminger which tells the story of a young girl who meets an architect in the Empire State Building and quickly turns his life upside down.

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The film was condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency for its plot in which a young girl makes fun of her parents' concerns for her virtue. It was the first film to use the words "virgin", "seduce" and "mistress" since the enactment of the strict Production Code in mid-1934, and as a result was at first independently released, but achieved success and was nominated for several Oscars. Preminger's refusal to back down and get the film released helped to break down the Catholic censorship that had controlled Hollywood output since 1934. ==Filmography==

Awards

Preminger received one Oscar nomination for Best Picture for Anatomy of a Murder. He was twice nominated for the best director award for Laura and for The Cardinal.

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