Hays William Harrison
Hays
(hāz), William Harrison Known as "Will." 1879-1954. American politician and motion-picture executive who as president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association of America (1922-1945) established the Production Code (1930), which prescribed the moral content of American films from 1930 to 1966.
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