{"product_id":"hollywood-censored-morality-codes-catholics-and-the-movies-paperback-9780521565929","title":"Hollywood Censored; Morality Codes, Catholics, and the Movies (Paperback) 9780521565929","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHollywood Censored\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMorality Codes, Catholics, and the Movies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExamines how films were censored and edited to promote a conservative political agenda during the 1930s, Hollywood's golden age.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGregory D. Black (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521565929, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 26 January 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages, 15 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.586 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Well-written account of film censorship.'  Heythrop Journal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAfter 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 regulate movies before adopting what became known as the production code. Written in 1930 by a St Louis priest, the code stipulated that movies stress proper behaviour, respect for government, and 'Christian values'. The Catholic Church reinforced these efforts by launching its Legion of Decency in 1934. Intended to force Hays and Hollywood to censor films, the Legion of Decency engineered the appointment of Joseph Breen as head of the Production Code Administration. For the next three decades, Breen, Hays, and the Catholic Legion of Decency virtually controlled the content of all Hollywood films.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Restricting entertainment: the movies censored\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Hays office and a moral code for the movies\u003cbr\u003e 3. Sex, sex and more sex\u003cbr\u003e 4. Movies and modern literature\u003cbr\u003e 5. Beer, blood and politics\u003cbr\u003e 6. Legions march on Hollywood\u003cbr\u003e 7. Sex with a dash of moral compensation\u003cbr\u003e 8. Film politics and industry policy\u003cbr\u003e 9. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Films, cinema [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Films, cinema\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Films,%20cinema%20%5BAPF%5D%22\"\u003eAPF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000110207256,"sku":"9780521565929","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521565929_72fc48eb-7feb-49d0-921a-04ffae0d7f21.gif?v=1691369842","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/hollywood-censored-morality-codes-catholics-and-the-movies-paperback-9780521565929","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}