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1 online resource (x, 427 pages) : illustrations |
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Prologue: Hollywood, 1954 -- The Victorian Irishman -- Bluenoses against the screen -- Hollywood shot to pieces -- The Breen office -- Decoding classical Hollywood cinema -- Confessional -- Intermission at RKO -- At war with the Breen office -- In his sacerdotalism -- "Our semitic brethren" -- Social problems, existential dilemmas, and outsized anatomies -- Invasion of the art films -- Amending the Ten Commandments -- Not the Breen office -- Final cut: Joseph I. Breen and the auteur theory |
| Summary |
From 1934 to 1954 Joseph I. Breen, a media-savvy Victorian Irishman, reigned over the Production Code Administration, the Hollywood office tasked with censoring the American screen. Though little known outside the ranks of the studio system, this former journalist and public relations agent was one of the most powerful men in the motion picture industry. As enforcer of the puritanical Production Code, Breen dictated ""final cut"" over more movies than anyone in the history of American cinema. His editorial decisions profoundly influenced the images and values projected by Hollywood dur |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-407) and indexes |
| Notes |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Breen, Joseph Ignatius, 1890-1965.
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Breen, Joseph Ignatius, 1890-1965 fast |
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Breen, Joseph Igantius. swd |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Censorship -- United States -- History
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ART -- Film & Video.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- General.
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Motion pictures -- Censorship
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Filmzensur
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United States
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USA
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780231512848 |
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0231512848 |
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