The Evening Star (April 12, 1946)
Howard Hughes raps movie ‘censorship’
HOLLYWOOD (AP) – Howard Hughes, wealthy movie and airplane maker, seems headed for a fight with the ruling body of the motion picture industry.
An independent producer, Mr. Hughes sounded independent as he commented last night on a summons to a hearing by the Motion Picture Association of America, to determine whether he should be expelled or suspended.
“I think it is about time people quit trying to tell the American public what it can see, read or listen to,” Mr. Hughes commented.
The dispute is over Mr. Hughes’ film, “The Outlaw.”
In a New York statement, Eric Johnston, chief of the Motion Picture Association, asserted Mr. Hughes used disapproved and unsubmitted advertising, thereby violating the industry’s code.
“Although the advertising was disapproved,” Mr. Johnston said, “Hughes has nevertheless insisted on using the rejected material. He also has used objectionable advertising which was never submitted to the association. In so doing he has challenged the association’s system of self-regulation.”
The hearing will be before the Board of Directors of the association in New York April 23.