Banned in the USA : British films in the United States and their censorship,1933-1960/ Anthony Slide.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slide, Anthony.

Series:

Cinema and society

Cinema and society series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Censorship--United States--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Censorship--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Motion pictures--Censorship.

History.

Great Britain.

United States.

Physical Description:

xi, 212 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London; New York : I.B.Tauris Publishers, [1998]

Summary:

How has America censored British films? In this original, fascinating book, Anthony Slide answers this question, making full use for the first time of the recently opened US Production Code Administration files. Film by film from the 1930s through to the 1960s, he tells the inside story of the ongoing dialogue between the British film making industry and the American censors. The book shows graphically how the Production Code system operated, revealing how the censors viewed moral issues, violence, bad language and matters of decorum as well as revealing acute national differences, such as American concern over the British preoccupation with toilets. It also dispels myths, depicting chief censor Joseph Breen and his staff as knowledgeable people who sympathized with and admired the British film industry.

Contents:

1 The Production Code and Film Censorship in America: A Concise History 1

2 The Production Code and the British Film Industry 10

3 The Films 28

1 Other British Films Released in the USA with a Production Code Certificate 150

2 British Films Released in the USA without a Production Code Seal of Approval 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Appendix 1: Other British films released in the USA with a production code certificate"--p. <150>-184

"Appendix 2: British films released in the USA without a production code seal of approval"--p. <185>-200

ISBN:

1860642543

OCLC:

42274501