 Although the film was finished and copyrighted in February 1941, it  was not shown theatrically for another 2 years, mostly because of  censorship problems which required cuts and revisions. By May 1941,  the PCA agreed to approve the film, but Hughes found that many state  censor boards wanted a lot more cuts that he was not willing to  make, so he shelved the film until 5 February 1943, when it was  finally shown theatrically in San Francisco in the 115