Description: The Censorship Papers: Movie Censorship Letters from the Hays Office, 1934 to 1968. Used hardcover w/dust jacket, purchased brand new by seller and kept in private library in smoke-free home. No tears or page creases (except back cover flap) and no markings. Great read, nice for any collection/library! Writer-producer of the TV special American Censored, Gardner here presents letters by arbiters in the Hollywood Hayes Office about their censorship of films from 1934 through 1968. The board was set up in response to "morality" complaints by religious leaders as well as certain segments of the public, and movie moguls were quick to comply with rules that would earn the Seal of Approval, for without the imprimatur, a film was boycotted. Such epics as Rebecca, A Streetcar Named Desire and Rear Window were revised by direction of the Hayes Office. American movies were also altered to comply with standards in countries where they were imported. The author sheds light on conditions obtaining before the present rating system was adopted, but even readers strongly opposed to censorship may yearn for what Gardner recalls as the "screen in a gentler time," compared with "today's scenes of fornication, adultery, incest, rape, cannibalism, necrophilia," etc. Author tour.
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
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Publication Year: 1987
Era: 1980s
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Signed: No
Custom Bundle: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Features: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
Original Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Publisher: W. Clement Stone, PM a Communications, Incorporated
Book Title: Censorship Papers
Topic: Censorship
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Genre: Political Science
Author: Gerald Gardner
Format: Hardcover
