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Geoffrey Shurlock
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<p>Geoffrey Manwaring Shurlock (August 1, 1894 – April 26, 1976) was an Anglo-American <a href="/facts/Motion_picture_industry/QVPeDbno">motion picture industry</a> executive who served as Hollywood's chief censor as the Director of the <a href="/facts/Motion_Picture_Association_of_America/QHz4RQIN">Motion Picture Association of America</a>'s <a href="/facts/Production_Code_Administration/mywSeh2S">Production Code Administration</a> from 1954 to 1969, an era when movie producers demanded more freedom from censorship. During the latter years of Shurlock's reign, the <a href="/facts/Production_Code/wgntMFzn">Production Code</a> and its seal of approval that was required by most film exhibitors for a movie to be shown was replaced by the ratings system. </p>