Hot Shots of the Week: Thou Shalt Not

[A.L. “Whitey”] Schafer decided to create a novelty shot to satirically slap at the Production Code, the censorship standards of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Assn. His satirical image, entitled, “Thou Shalt Not,” displayed the top 10 faux-pas disallowed by industry censors, who approved every photographic image shot by studios before they could be distributed.

“Hollywood Heights – A. L. “Whitey”
Schafer Simplifies Portraits”

I’ve always coveted this poster. It’s one of the great examples of a picture being worth a thousand words.