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Videos (see all 2)
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003) -- US Home Video Trailer from Playboy
The Celluloid Closet (1995) -- A documentary surveying the various Hollywood screen depictions of homosexuals and the attitudes behind them throughout the history of North American film.

Overview

Date of Birth:
5 November 1879, Sullivan, Indiana, USA more
Date of Death:
7 March 1954, Sullivan, Indiana, USA more
Mini Biography:
First President of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association... more
STARmeter: ?
Down 39% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.
Awards:
1 win more
Alternate Names:
Will Hayes | Will Hays

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Miscellaneous Crew, Self, Archive Footage
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. The Clinging Vine (1926) (president: PDC)
Self:
  1. Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 6 (1931) .... Himself

  2. Introductory Speech by Will H. Hays (1926) .... Himself
    ... aka The Honorable Will H. Hays Welcomes Vitaphone in an Address (USA: copyright title)
Archive Footage:
  1. Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) (TV) (as Will Hayes) .... Himself
  2. Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007) .... Himself
  3. This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006) .... Himself
  4. Bullets Over Hollywood (2005) (TV) .... Himself
  5. Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003) (V) .... Himself
  6. Complicated Women (2003) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
  7. In the Shadow of Hollywood (2000) (uncredited) .... Himself (president, MPPDA)
  8. Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998) (TV) .... Himself
  9. The Celluloid Closet (1995) .... Himself
  10. The Casting Couch (1995) (V)
  11. Hollywood Uncensored (1987) (as Will Hays) .... Himself
  12. "Hollywood" (1980)
  13. Okay for Sound (1946) .... MPPA President
  14. The Movies March On (1939) .... Himself

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