Hollywood Censored - Morality Codes, Catholics, and the Movies

Klappentext 'Hollywood Censored' examines how hundreds of films were censored and edited to promote a conservative political agenda during the gold era of studio production in the 1930s. Zusammenfassung Based on an extensive survey of original studio records! censorship files! and Catholic Legion of Decency archives here published for the first time! Hollywood Censored examines how hundreds of films were censored to promote a conservative political agenda during the 1930s! the golden era of studio production. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Restricting entertainment: the movies censored; 2. The Hays office and a moral code for the movies; 3. Sex, sex and more sex; 4. Movies and modern literature; 5. Beer, blood and politics; 6. Legions march on Hollywood; 7. Sex with a dash of moral compensation; 8. Film politics and industry policy; 9. Conclusion; Appendices; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Gregory D. Black, Gregory D. (University of Missouri Black
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.01.1996
• EAN: 9780521565929
• ISBN: 978-0-521-56592-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Cambridge Studies in the Histo; Cambridge Studies in the Histo
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet