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The Production Code Administration Is Created

by FIRE July 15, 1934

The Motion Picture Association of America creates the Production Code Administration, headed by Joseph Breen, to enforce the provisions of the 1930 Production Code. It becomes highly effective as a form of self-censorship by the industry.