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Office of Film and Broadcasting The National Legion of Decency, also known as The Catholic Legion of Decency,[1] was founded in 1933 as an organization dedicated to identifying and combating objectionable content in motion pictures from the point of view of the American Catholic Church.[2] After receiving a stamp of approval from the secular offices behind Hollywood’s Production Code, films during this time period were then submitted to the National Legion of Decency to be reviewed prior to their official duplication and distribution to the general public.[3] Condemnation by the Legion would shake a film’s core for success because it meant the population of Catholics, some twenty million strong at the time, were theoretically forbidden from attending any screening of the film under the notion of mortal sin.

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Communications Department/Office of Film and Broadcasting

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Office for Film and Broadcasting is an office of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and is best known for the USCCB film rating, a continuation of the National Legion of Decency rating system begun in 1933 by Archbishop of Cincinnati John T. McNicholas.

After the National Catholic Office of Motion Pictures was reestablished in 1960, it later became the Office of Film and Broadcasting (OFB).

  1. (en) Mick Lasalle, « Ask Mick Lasalle », San Francisco Chronicle,‎
  2. (en) Black Gregory, The Catholic Crusade Against The Movies, 1940-1975., Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, , p. 4
  3. (en) Gregory Black, The Catholic Crusade Against The Movies, 1940-1975., Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, , p. 5