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Hollywood's Censor
Language: en
Pages: 441
Authors: Thomas Doherty
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-03-31 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

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From 1934 to 1954 Joseph I. Breen, a media-savvy Victorian Irishman, reigned over the Production Code Administration, the Hollywood office tasked with censoring
Hollywood Censored
Language: en
Pages: 354
Authors: Gregory D. Black
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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After a series of sex scandals rocked the film industry in 1922, movie moguls hired Will Hays to clear the image of movies. Hays tried a variety of ways to regu
Operation Hollywood
Language: en
Pages: 384
Authors: David L. Robb
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-04-29 - Publisher: Prometheus Books

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Directors of war and action movies receive access to billions of dollars worth of military equipment and personnel, but it comes with a hidden cost. As a vetera
Movie Censorship and American Culture
Language: en
Pages: 356
Authors: Francis G. Couvares
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press

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From the earliest days of public outrage over "indecent" nickelodeon shows, Americans have worried about the power of the movies. The eleven essays in this book
Censoring Hollywood
Language: en
Pages: 226
Authors: Aubrey Malone
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-10-10 - Publisher: McFarland

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Censorship has been an ongoing issue from the early days of filmmaking. One hundred years of film censorship, encompassing the entire 20th century, are chronicl