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The dame in the kimono : Hollywood, censorship, and the production code from the 1920s to the 1960s / Leonard J. Leff and Jerold L. Simmons.
- Title
- The dame in the kimono : Hollywood, censorship, and the production code from the 1920s to the 1960s / Leonard J. Leff and Jerold L. Simmons.
- Author
- Leff, Leonard J.
- Publication
- New York : Grove Weidenfeld, c1990.
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- Additional Authors
- Simmons, Jerold, 1941-
- Description
- xiv, 350 p., [16] p. of plates; 25 cm.
- Summary
- This volume traces the rise and fade-out of Hollywood's attempt at self-censorship, the Production Code of Will Hays and Joe Breen, and the variety of social pressure groups and tensions that converged in fear of the power of the silver screen. Breen emerges as something of a hero for his earnest attempt to respect both the latent art and the blatant commercial interests of the industry. The 11 major case studies include the prolonged disputes over "Dead End," "Gone With the Wind," "The Outlaw," "A Streetcar Named Desire," "The Moon is Blue," "Lolita," and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Leff describes the changing climate, not just in commercial film but in the society of the day, and traces the development of a radically new concept in American film: "the adult movie," a film targeted by adult minds to adult minds. He also includes the whole Code in an appendix. ISBN 1-55584-224-0: $22.50
- Alternative Title
- Hollywood, censorship, and the production code from the 1920s to the 1960s.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Motion pictures
- Motion pictures – Censorship.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 321-324.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The Production Code, 1922-1934 -- Welcome Will Hays! -- "You can be had!" -- Welcome Joe Breen! -- The Production Code administration, 1934-1966 -- Dead end -- Gone with the wind -- The outlaw and The postman always rings twice -- The bicycle thief -- Detective story and A streetcar named Desire -- The moon is blue and The French line -- Lolita -- Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? -- Aftermath -- Appendix, The Motion Picture Production Code.
- ISBN
- 1555842240 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^^89014730^
- OCLC
- 19885500
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library