# Joseph Breen
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Joseph Ignatius Breen (October 14, 1888 – December 5, 1965) was an American film censor with the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America who applied the Hays Code to film production.
== Early life and career ==
Breen was the youngest of three sons born to Mary and Hugh A. Breen in Philadelphia. His father had emigrated from Ireland and met his mother Mary in New Jersey.
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im lets Jen talk him into discussing an unasked-for remake of a noir classic, The Big Sleep.
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