Tropiano, Stephen.
Obscene, indecent, immoral, and offensive : 100+ years of censored, banned, and controversial films / Stephen Tropiano. - New York : Limelight Editions, 2009. - xi, 364 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-350) and index. Includes filmography: p. 301-308.
Censorship and silent cinema, or why a kiss is no longer just a kiss -- Movies, morality, and the (self-)regulation of the Hollywood film industry -- %@!%!#@#-- a few choice words about bad language -- Guns, gangs, and random acts of ultra-violence -- Sins of the flesh: sex and nudity on celluloid -- A hotbed of controversy: politics and religion -- [Appendices] -- "The Thirteen Points" adopted by NAMPI (1921) -- "The formula" (1924) -- The "Dont's and be carefuls" of the MPPDA (1927) -- The Motion picture production code (1930) -- Supplement to the Motion picture production code (1930) - Reasons for the Code -- The Legion of Decency -- The Motion picture ratings system (1968) -- The Motion picture production code: revisions of the profanity clause -- Special regulations on crime in motion pictures (1938)
9780879103590 (alk. paper) 0879103590 (alk. paper)
2008052582
GBA906847 bnb
014884221 Uk
Motion pictures--Censorship--History.--United States
PN1995.62 / .T76 2009
363.310
Obscene, indecent, immoral, and offensive : 100+ years of censored, banned, and controversial films / Stephen Tropiano. - New York : Limelight Editions, 2009. - xi, 364 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-350) and index. Includes filmography: p. 301-308.
Censorship and silent cinema, or why a kiss is no longer just a kiss -- Movies, morality, and the (self-)regulation of the Hollywood film industry -- %@!%!#@#-- a few choice words about bad language -- Guns, gangs, and random acts of ultra-violence -- Sins of the flesh: sex and nudity on celluloid -- A hotbed of controversy: politics and religion -- [Appendices] -- "The Thirteen Points" adopted by NAMPI (1921) -- "The formula" (1924) -- The "Dont's and be carefuls" of the MPPDA (1927) -- The Motion picture production code (1930) -- Supplement to the Motion picture production code (1930) - Reasons for the Code -- The Legion of Decency -- The Motion picture ratings system (1968) -- The Motion picture production code: revisions of the profanity clause -- Special regulations on crime in motion pictures (1938)
9780879103590 (alk. paper) 0879103590 (alk. paper)
2008052582
GBA906847 bnb
014884221 Uk
Motion pictures--Censorship--History.--United States
PN1995.62 / .T76 2009
363.310