Reforming Hollywood
Subtitle: how American Protestants fought for freedom at the movies
By: William D. Romanowski
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780195387841
Subjects: Motion pictures; Protestant churches; Church history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Reforming the movies: what could possibly go wrong?; title: The Federal Council of Churches enters the frame; title: Putting a Presbyterian in charge of Hollywood; title: On the trail of the serpent: Will Hays and the Protestant crusade; title: Protestants and Hollywood at the crossroads; title: The worst that could happen: a Catholic legion of "decency"; title: One foot in Hollywood: the Protestant Film Commission; title: Movie consulting, Protestant style; title: High noon in the broadcasting and film commission; title: And the winner is: the Protestant film awards; title: No longer a dirty word: this film will now be rated; title: A changing of the guard; title: The curious case of evangelicals.