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Language: en
Pages: 441
Pages: 441
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-03-31 - Publisher: Columbia University Press
From 1934 to 1954 Joseph I. Breen, a media-savvy Victorian Irishman, reigned over the Production Code Administration, the Hollywood office tasked with censoring
Language: en
Pages: 354
Pages: 354
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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
Language: en
Pages: 384
Pages: 384
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-04-29 - Publisher: Prometheus Books
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
Language: en
Pages: 356
Pages: 356
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press
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
Language: en
Pages: 226
Pages: 226
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-10-10 - Publisher: McFarland
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