Forbidden Hollywood: Pre-Code Era (1930-1934): When Sin Ruled The Movies

Description: Forbidden Hollywood: Pre-Code Era (1930-1934): When Sin Ruled The Movies. Cool book. Like New Condition but for one small tear on bottom of dust cover as shown in pictures. Please look at all pictures as they are part of the description. Smoke free home. Selling for a local Senior Senior as a Volunteer. Thank you for looking. Product InformationFilled with rare images and untold stories from filmmakers, exhibitors, and moviegoers, Forbidden Hollywood is the ultimate guide to a gloriously entertaining era when a lax code of censorship let sin rule the movies. Forbidden Hollywood is a history of pre-Code like none other: you will eavesdrop on production conferences, read nervous telegrams from executives to censors, and hear Americans argue about immoral movies. You will see decisions artfully wrought, so as to fool some of the people long enough to get films into theaters. You will read what theater managers thought of such craftiness, and hear from fans as they applauded creativity or condemned crassness. You will see how these films caused a grass-roots movement to gain control of Hollywood-and why they were forbidden for fifty years. The book spotlights the twenty-two films that led to the strict new Code of 1934, including Red-Headed Woman , Call Her Savage , and She Done Him Wrong . You'll see Paul Muni shoot a path to power in the original Scarface ; Barbara Stanwyck climb the corporate ladder on her own terms in Baby Face ; and misfits seek revenge in Freaks . More than 200 newly restored (and some never-before-published) photographs illustrate pivotal moments in the careers of Clara Bow, Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, and Greta Garbo; and the pre-Code stardom of Claudette Colbert, Cary Grant, Marlene Dietrich, James Cagney, and Mae West. This is the definitive portrait of an unforgettable era in filmmaking.Product IdentifiersPublisherRunning PressISBN-100762466774ISBN-139780762466771eBay Product ID (ePID)13038751184Product Key FeaturesBook TitleForbidden Hollywood: the Pre-CODE Era (1930-1934) : When Sin Ruled the MoviesAuthorMark A. VieiraFormatHardcoverLanguageEnglishTopicFilm / Guides & Reviews, Censorship, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Subjects & Themes / Celebrity, Film / History & CriticismPublication Year2019GenrePhotography, Biography & Autobiography, Performing Arts, Political ScienceNumber of Pages256 PagesDimensionsItem Length10.4inItem Height1.4inItem Width8.5inItem Weight49.7 OzAdditional Product FeaturesLc Classification NumberPn1993.5.U65Reviews"informative, intelligent, and delightfully scandal-filled . . . Illuminating an integral part of movie history often seen through soft-focus and murky lighting, this clearly written survey deserves a spot both on film scholars' book shelves and movie buffs' coffee tables."-- Publishers Weekly , https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780762466771Copyright Date2019Target AudienceTradeLccn2018-959092SeriesTurner Classic Movies Ser.IllustratedYes

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