John Billheimer is the author of two mystery series; one with West Virginia failure analyst Owen Allison, and the other featuring Ohio sportswriter Lloyd Keaton. He has taught courses in film noir, hard-boiled fiction on film, and the modern mystery in film and print at Stanford and Santa Clara Universities.
"John Billheimer's Hitchcock and the Censors proves that there is
always something new to discover about The Master of Suspense. This
book is informative even for post-production professionals who are
familiar with Hitchcock's mastery of editing, creative use of
sound, and memorable music." -- CineMontage
"Throughout his career, Alfred Hitchcock battled governmental and
industry censors of his films. These struggles are alluded to in
many of the biographies and critical studies of this most written
about of film directors, but Billheimer's is the first to
concentrate on issues of censorship, including a general history of
its occurrence from the beginning of the motion picture industry."
-- Mystery Scene Magazine
"Here is a book that should have (and could have) been written
years ago. Kudos, then, to Billheimer for slogging through the
paper trail of correspondence between the British Board of Film
Censors and Motion Picture Production Code Office (better known as
the Breen Office) and Alfred Hitchcock regarding the content of his
many provocative films. Each movie has a history all its own, and
while passing reference has been made to censorship in other
studies of Hitchcock, this is the first comprehensive book on the
subject. No more be said: this is by definition an important piece
of work." -- Leonard Maltin
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