The Harmon Foundation: The Christian Film Industry

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It was during this time that the Roman Catholics lead the charge in the creation of the Production Code, which would be reluctantly accepted in 1934, after seeing the outcry by the churches. Meanwhile, the Christian film industry had already had its humble start with the Harmon Foundation, beginning small productions for church and educational use. Though the foundation would not be able to make it through the depression, they established the categories of Christian films that would remain as the industry grew through the 1930s and onward. The five main categories attributed to the Harmon Foundation are: biblical, missionary, historical/biographical, pedagogical, and inspirational. At this point, many conservative Christians had given up any

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