George Reid Andrews (1886-1941) of Montgomery County, N.C., was a Methodist and Congregational minister and member of the Committee on Education and Religious Drama of the Federal Council of Churches, the Church and Drama Association, and the Church and Drama League of America. The collection contains correspondence, business papers, essays, addresses, clippings, printed materials, photographs, and other materials of Andrews, executive director of the Church and Drama Association (later Church and Drama League of America), a Protestant organization addressing moral and ethical standards in film and stage productions. The bulk of the letters, 1922-1930, are between Andrews and individuals associated with the film industry or theater world, and largely deal with the moral qualities of American motion pictures, including the methods of influence used by the film industry's self-appointed moral watchdog, the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, also referred to as the Other material relates to Andrews's attempts to have his manuscript adapted for film; his role as the production consultant to Cecil B. DeMille in the production of the film 1926-1927; and church attempts to influence the New York stage in the 1920s. Correspondents include Will H. Hayes, the office of Cecil B. DeMille, S. Parkes Cadman, and Harry Emerson Fosdick. Hays Office. King of Kings, Jesus of Nazareth
