"Thomas Doherty uncovers wonderful details in his research, and he presents them with aplomb. He writes a good book on an important figure in American film history about whom too little is known. This is a valuable contribution." -- Chuck Maland, Lindsay Young Professor of English, University of Tennessee
Opening Credits Prologue: Hollywood, 1954 1. The Victorian Irishman 2. Bluenoses Against the Screen 3. Hollywood Shot to Pieces 4. The Breen Office 5. Decoding Classical Hollywood Cinema 6. Confessional 7. Intermission at RKO 8. At War with the Breen Office 9. In His Sacerdotalism 10. "Our Semitic Brethren" 11. Social Problems, Existential Dilemmas, and Outsized Anatomies 12. Invasion of the Art Films 13. Amending the Ten Commandments 14. Not the Breen Office 15. Final Cut: Joseph I. Breen and the Auteur Theory Appendix: The Production Code Notes Film Index Index
Thomas Doherty is professor of American studies at Brandeis University. He serves on the editorial board of Cineaste and is the author of Cold War, Cool Medium: Television, McCarthyism, and American Culture; Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930-1934; Projections of War: Hollywood, American Culture, and World War II; and Teenagers and Teenpics: The Juvenilization of American Movies in the 1950s.
"Doherty writes with such wit and verve, bringing the past to life... a very entertaining read." -- Publishers Weekly "Compelling, colorful, insightful, and nearly encyclopedic in detail, this book seems destined to become the definitive scholarly biography of Breen. Highly recommended." -- Library Journal "A fascinating read for anyone interested in American film history." -- Carol O'Sullivan, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette " Hollywood's Censor is a stinging portrait of a cultural strongman who made it his business to baby his fellow citizens." -- Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post "A pleasure to read." -- Rob Hardy, Commercial Dispatch "An exemplary biography... Highly recommended." -- CHOICE
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