It seems each post has built on itself. I mentioned earlier that those who had founded the major studios of Hollywood were of Jewish decent. Every film that they made from the early 1930's to the late 1950's was regulated by the censorship board which included Catholics and Presbyterians. Now we are into the Episcopalian audiences. Here is the excerpt:
"The Episcopal Committee views with favor the renewed efforts of the organized industry to discharge its responsibility of issuing only such motion pictures as may conform with reasonable moral standards. The Committee believes that the Production Code, if given enforcement, will materially and constructively influence the character of screen entertainment. Hence it is disposed to render encouragement and cooperation to these efforts which it hopes will achieve the promised results." (Los Angeles Times, June 22nd 1934).
It took me a couple times to read it before it made sense. This was the support the Production Code needed to establish the censorship. If you take a step back and realize the evolution here, it is breathtaking. Religions that had fought each other with either words or swords, have put aside their differences and now came together to form an organization that would forever better mankind.
Here are some of the more famous Episcopalians of Hollywood.
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