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This is a list of films condemned by the National Legion of Decency, a United States Catholic organization. The National Legion of Decency was established in 1933 and reorganized in 1965 as the National Catholic Office for Motion Pictures (NCOMP). Under each of these names, it rated films according to their suitability for viewing, assigning a ...
Green Light (1937 film) 1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame: 1940: Santa Fe Trail: 1941: Sergeant York: 1941: One Foot in Heaven: 1943: Heaven Can Wait: 1943: The Song of Bernadette: 1944: Going My Way: 1944: The Keys of the Kingdom (film) 1945: The Bells of St. Mary's: 1947: Black Narcissus: 1949: Come to the Stable: 1948: Joan of Arc: 1950: The ...
Films about Catholicism, involving the Catholic Church, which maintains that it practises the original Christian faith taught by the apostles, preserving the faith infallibly through scripture and sacred tradition as authentically interpreted through the magisterium of the church. Catholicism portal; Film portal
1950 May 11 Jacques Tourneur: The Flowers of St. Francis: 1950 December 14 Roberto Rossellini: The First Legion: 1951 April 27 Douglas Sirk: Journey Into Light: 1951 September 28 Stuart Heisler Quo Vadis: 1951 November 8 Mervyn LeRoy I Confess: 1953 March 22 Alfred Hitchcock: Martin Luther: 1953 May 8 Irving Pichel The Robe: 1953 September 16 ...
Professor James Skinner wrote that by the late 1950s and early to mid-1960s, the Legion was beginning to lose its influence both within Hollywood and within the Catholic Church. Skinner noted that in some cases, young Catholics throughout the country saw a “C” rating as a reason to see a particular film.
The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960) – British historical drama film based on the libel and subsequent criminal cases involving Oscar Wilde and the Marquess of Queensberry [ 35 ] Two Women (Italian: La ciociara) (1960) – Italian war drama film based on actual events of 1944 in Rome and rural Lazio, during the Marocchinate [ 36 ] Under Ten Flags ...
The 45 movies are divided equally into three categories—religion, values, and art—with no order of importance placed on the films. The council was careful not to regard the films on the list as the "best", or most important, saying: "not all that deserve mention are included".
The Church policies after World War II under Pope Pius XII focused on material aid to war-torn Europe, an internal internationalization of the Roman Catholic Church and the development of its worldwide diplomatic relations. His encyclicals, Evangelii praecones and Fidei donum, issued on June 2, 1951 and April 21, 1957, respectively, increased ...