Doherty Thomas Patrick (5 results)

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 81, pp. 1995-2008, Illus, Extracted from orig vol, thus begins with title page, trimmed & stapled pamphlet, else VG.

very good dust-jacket, very good black hardcover, attractive copy. DOHERTY, THOMAS PATRICK. Hollywood's censor: Joseph I. Breen & the Production Code Administration. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007, 1st printing number line ending with 1, x, 427pp., . Cultural historian Thomas Doherty tells the story of Joseph I. Breen, a media-savvy Victorian Irishman, who controlled Hollywood's Production Code Administration from 1934 to 1954. Breen's role in this Hollywood office was to censor American motion pictures. - CONTENTS: 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. ISBN 9780231143585.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 305 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 320 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 305 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.50 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.