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After a series of sex scandals rocked the movie industry inthe Hollywood moguls hired Will Hays to clean the image of movies. Hollywood Censored examines how hundreds of films - Mae West comedies, serious dramas, and films with a social message - were censored and often edited to promote a conservative political agenda during the golden era of studio production in the s/5.

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] The Hollywood studios, still reeling from the losses of due in large part to the delayed effects of the Great Depression, were forced to act." That summary comes from "The History of Hollywood Censorship and the Ratings System," a brief but in-depth lesson produced by Filmmaker IQ.

Its video version appears at. Buy Hollywood Censored: Morality Codes, Catholics, and the Movies by Gregory D. Black online at Alibris. We have new and used copies available, in 2 editions - starting at $ Shop now. Pre-Code Hollywood was the brief era in the American film industry between the widespread adoption of sound in pictures in and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship guidelines, popularly known as the "Hays Code", in mid Although the Code was adopted inoversight was poor, and it did not become rigorously enforced until July 1,with the.

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Black,available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide/5(38). During the ’s and ’s, playwright Tennessee Williams saw an unprecedented number of his works adapted for the screen, and he was notoriously vocal with his displeasure regarding the myriad ways in which Hollywood censored his writing.

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The Motion Picture Production Code was the set of industry moral guidelines for the self-censorship of content that was applied to most United States motion pictures released by major studios from to It is also popularly known as the Hays Code, after Will H.

Hays, who was the president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA) from to. Frank Miller's "Censored Hollywood: Sex, Sin & Violence on Screen" is an overview of the history of film censorship in America from the nickelodeon days through the early s.Hollywood Censored closes with the words of contemporary movie industry players who work with an age-based ratings system, but without a Code.

"I have a right to compose a song or write a book.Whether it was a scandalous story of sex or simply taking issue with a talking pig, many people have found reasons to ban some of the world’s best and most famous books.

Court cases have been fought, books have been burned, and fatwas have been issued. Discover the fascinating histories of 12 famous books that have been banned in countries.