What does CLOD stand for?

The three decisive factors shaping the final version of the film--the creative decision to make Atticus Finch the main character, the objection of the Catholic Legion of Decency to the film's originally planned ending, and the softening of the book's indictment of institutionalized racism--are then examined and the volume concludes with a review of the critical reception of both the novel and the film, as well as a brief discussion of Christopher Sergei's 1988 play version.

It was condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency for what was termed its "carnal suggestiveness.

head honcho Jack Warner pulled the film from theaters a few weeks into its release, buckling under the one-two punch of Spellman and the Catholic Legion of Decency, which had condemned the film.

Gone With the Wind" (G): It carries a G rating, but this 1939 Civil War soap opera really isn't for small children, who may be bored by the length (four hours) or bewildered by Scarlett O'Hara's series of beaus (the Catholic Legion of Decency once gave it a "B" rating - "morally objectionable in part for all").

``It's not too different from the old days when the Catholic Legion of Decency rated movies, is it?

The newly forceful Production Code and the Catholic Legion of Decency would not tolerate such arrangements, nor would Haines' MGM boss, Louis B.

In addition, he had to please the then-powerful Catholic Legion of Decency, which threatened a "C" (morally condemned) rating if the movie went too far.