LEADER 04331nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910825320003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-79639-9 010 $a9786612796395 010 $a0-231-51284-8 024 7 $a10.7312/dohe14358 035 $a(CKB)2560000000050839 035 $a(EBL)908482 035 $a(OCoLC)707212474 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000437758 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12140751 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000437758 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10448091 035 $a(PQKB)10807105 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000474807 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12185835 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474807 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10454583 035 $a(PQKB)11736053 035 $a(DE-B1597)458807 035 $a(OCoLC)979586431 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231512848 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908482 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10419600 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL279639 035 $a(OCoLC)608060332 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908482 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000050839 100 $a20070621d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHollywood's censor $eJoseph I. Breen and the Production Code Administration /$fThomas Doherty 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (441 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-14358-3 311 $a0-231-14359-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [365]-407) and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tOpening Credits --$tPrologue: Hollywood, 1954 --$t1. The Victorian Irishman --$t2. Bluenoses Against the Screen --$t3. Hollywood Shot to Pieces --$t4. The Breen Office --$t5. Decoding Classical Hollywood Cinema --$t6. Confessional --$t7. Intermission at RKO --$t8. At War with the Breen Office --$t9. In His Sacerdotalism --$t10. "Our Semitic Brethren" --$t11. Social Problems, Existential Dilemmas, and Outsized Anatomies --$t12. Invasion of the Art Films --$t13. Amending the Ten Commandments --$t14. Not the Breen Office --$t15. Final Cut: Joseph I. Breen and the Auteur Theory --$tAppendix: The Production Code --$tNotes --$tFilm Index --$tIndex 330 $aFrom 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 during the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War. Cultural historian Thomas Doherty tells the absorbing story of Breen's ascent to power and the widespread effects of his reign. Breen vetted story lines, blue-penciled dialogue, and excised footage (a process that came to be known as "Breening") to fit the demands of his strict moral framework. Empowered by industry insiders and millions of like-minded Catholics who supported his missionary zeal, Breen strove to protect innocent souls from the temptations beckoning from the motion picture screen. There were few elements of cinematic production beyond Breen's reach, he oversaw the editing of A-list feature films, low-budget B movies, short subjects, previews of coming attractions, and even cartoons. Populated by a colorful cast of characters, including Catholic priests, Jewish moguls, visionary auteurs, hardnosed journalists, and bluenose agitators, Doherty's insightful, behind-the-scenes portrait brings a tumultuous era, and an individual both feared and admired to vivid life. 606 $aMotion pictures$xCensorship$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aMotion pictures$xCensorship$xHistory. 676 $a791.430973 700 $aDoherty$b Thomas Patrick$01605918 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825320003321 996 $aHollywood's censor$94058711 997 $aUNINA