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Hollywood's Censor

by Thomas Doherty

Motion picturesCensorshipHistoryMotion pictures, censorshipMotion pictures, united statesMotion pictures, historyFilm & VideoPERFORMING ARTS

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.

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Book data: Open Library