Hollywood Censored: Morality Codes, Catholics, and the Movies
Hollywood Censored examines how hundreds of films were censored and edited to promote a conservative political agenda during the golden era of studio production in the 1930s. After a series of sex scandals rocked the movie industry in 1922, moguls hired Will Hays to clear the image of movies. As movie "ezar," Hays tried a variety of ways to regulate film content before adopting what became known as the production code. Written in 1930 by a St. Louis priest, the code challenged the moguls'...
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Examines how films were censored and edited to promote a conservative political agenda during the 1930s, Hollywood's golden age.
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction11Restricting Entertainment: The Movies Censored32The Hays Office and a Moral Code for the Movies213Sex, Sex, and More Sex504Movies and Modern Literature845Beer, Blood, and Politics1076Legions March on Hollywood1497Sex with a Dash of Moral Compensation1988Film Politics and Industry Policy2449Conclusion292App. A Working Draft of the Lord-Quigley Code Proposal302App. B Films Condemned by the Legion of Decency309Selected Bibliography311Filmography321Index327
