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1 online resource (x, 427 pages) : illustrations |
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monochrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-407) and indexes. |
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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. |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Breen, Joseph Ignatius, 1890-1965.
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Breen, Joseph Ignatius, 1890-1965. |
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Breen, Joseph Ignatius, 1890-1965. |
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Breen, Joseph Ignatius, 1890-1965. |
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Breen, Joseph Igantius. |
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Motion pictures -- Censorship -- United States -- History.
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Motion pictures -- Censorship. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Print version: Doherty, Thomas Patrick. Hollywood's censor. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007 (DLC) 2007026146 (OCoLC)147986887 |
| ISBN |
9780231512848 (electronic book) |
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0231512848 (electronic book) |
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9780231143585 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0231143583 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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