Controlling Hollywood: Censorship and Regulation in the Studio Era
Author:   Matthew H. Bernstein
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Edition:   None ed.
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9780813527079


Pages:   304
Publication Date:   01 December 1999
Format:   Paperback
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For every movie shown on the big screen, there exists a behind-the-scene story of regulation and control. What social factors determine which movies get made and shown? What is censored? And how have the standards of what is considered taboo changed over time?Controlling Hollywood features ten innovative and accessible essays that examine some of the major turning points, crises, and contradictions affecting the making and showing of Hollywood movies from the 1910s through the early 1970s. The articles included here examine landmark legal cases; various self-regulating agencies and systems in the film industry (from the National Board of Review to the ratings system); and, external to Hollywood, the religious and social interest groups and government bodies that took a strong interest in film entertainment over the decades.

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Author:   Matthew H. Bernstein
Publisher:   Rutgers University Press
Imprint:   Rutgers University Press
Edition:   None ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9780813527079


ISBN 10:   0813527074
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   01 December 1999
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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A capacity for evil : the 1915 Supreme Court mutual decision / Garth S. Jowett Moral coercion, or The National Board of Censorship plunders the vice films / Shelley Stamp The King of Kings and the czar of all the rushes / Richard Malthy Industry self-regulation and the problem of textual determination / Lea Jacobs Beyond sex and violence / Ruth Vasey Blacks, loyalty, and motion picture propaganda in World War II / Clayton R. Koppes and Gregory D. Black A tale of three cities, the banning of Scarlet Street / Matthew Bernstein Controversy has probably destroyed forever the context / Ellen Draper A good business proposition / Jeff Smith The stigma of X: adult cinema and the institution of the MPAA ratings system / Justin Wyatt

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MATTHEW BERNSTEIN teaches film studies at Emory University. He is the author of Walter Wanger, Hollywood Independent and co-editor of Visions of the East: Orientalism in Film (Rutgers University Press). His reviews and essays have appeared in major film studies journals.

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