In response to public pressure throughout the 1910s and 1920s, the studios formed the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA).Name the former postmaster general who headed the organization and who helped usher in the era of self-censorship.

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Will Hays, the former postmaster general, was chosen to head the MPPDA and his leadership led to the establishment of the Hays Code, a set of strict self-censorship guidelines that regulated the content of Hollywood films for several decades.

In Response to Public Pressure Throughout the 1910s and 1920s