Censoring Hollywood
Subtitle: sex and violence in film and on the cutting room floor
By: Aubrey Malone
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780786464654
Subjects: Motion pictures; Censorship; History
Description: "Censorship has been an ongoing issue from the early days of filmmaking. One hundred years of film censorship, encompassing the entire 20th century, are chronicled in this volume. The freewheeling nature of films in the early decades was profoundly affected by Prohibition, the Depression and the formation of the Legion of Decency"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sinema; title: West and the rest; title: Decades of revolt; title: The liberal ethos; title: Nothing succeeds like excess; title: After the deluge.