I recall the Legion of Decency too!
(My brothers would giggle when they published the movie ratings, and would seek out the (coveted
) "C" categories, and try to sneak into movies with that rating!)
Copied from Wikipedia on Google (below) --
- A: Morally unobjectionable
- B: Morally objectionable in part
- C: Condemned by the Legion of Decency
The
A rating was subsequently divided:
- A-I: Suitable for all audiences
- A-II: Suitable for adults; later — after the introduction of A-III — suitable for adults and adolescents
- A-III: Suitable for adults only
- A-IV: For adults with reservations
In 1978, the
B and
C ratings were combined into a new
O rating for "morally offensive" films.