Film Censorship : Regulating America's Screen / Sheri Chinen Biesen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Biesen, Sheri Chinen, author.

Series:

Short cuts (London, England)

Short Cuts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Censorship--United States--History.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (172 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Film Censorship is a concise overview of Hollywood censorship and efforts to regulate American films. It provides a lean introductory survey of U.S. cinema censorship from the pre-Code years and classic studio system Golden Age—in which film censorship thrived—to contemporary Hollywood. From the earliest days of cinema, movies faced controversy over screen images and threats of censorship. This volume draws extensively on primary research from motion picture archives to unveil the fascinating behind-the-scenes history of cinema censorship and explore how Hollywood responded to censorial constraints on screen content in a changing American cultural and industrial landscape.This primer on American film censorship considers the historical evolution of motion-picture censorship in the United States spanning the Jazz Age Prohibition era, lobbying by religious groups against Hollywood, industry self-censorship for the Hays Office, federal propaganda efforts during wartime, easing of regulation in the 1950s and 1960s, the MPAA ratings system, and the legacy of censorship in later years. Case studies include The Outlaw, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Scarface, Double Indemnity, Psycho, Bonnie and Clyde, Midnight Cowboy, and The Exorcist, among many others.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

1. PRE-CODE ERA

2. ENFORCING THE MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION CODE

3. POST-WAR DEVELOPMENTS

4. PUSHING THE ENVELOPE: THE DEMISE OF CODE CENSORSHIP

EPILOGUE: THE POST-PCA LEGACY OF CENSORSHIP

NOTES

APPENDIX

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Feb 2019)

ISBN:

9780231851138

0231851138

OCLC:

1059416963