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journal article		Critters in Cinefantastique (October 1986) vol.16 iss.4/5 p.110,125 Author: Doherty, Thomas PhysDes: Article Subject: CRITTERS (US, Stephen Herek, 1986) More info
book		Hollywood's censor : Joseph I. Breen and the production code administration / Thomas Doherty New York: Columbia University Press, 2007. Call No: 81BRE DOH Author: Doherty, Thomas Patrick Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Columbia University Press PubDate: 2007 PhysDes: x, 427 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm Subject: CENSORSHIP; CENSORSHIP. USA; BREEN, JOSEPH Summary: "From 1934 to 1954 Joseph I. Breen, a media-savvy Victorian Irishman, reigned over the Production Code Administration, the Hollywood office tasked with censoring the American screen. Though little known outside the ranks of the studio system, this former journalist and public relations agent was one of the most powerful men in the motion picture industry. As enforcer of the puritanical Production Code, Breen dictated "final cut" over more movies than anyone in the history of American cinema. His editorial decisions profoundly influenced the images and values projected by Hollywood during the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War." "Cultural historian Thomas Doherty tells the absorbing story of Breen's ascent to power and the widespread effects of his reign. Breen vetted story lines, blue-penciled dialogue, and excised footage (a process that came to be known as "Breening") to fit the demands of his strict moral framework. Empowered by industry insiders and millions of like-minded Catholics who supported his missionary zeal, Breen strove to protect innocent souls from the temptations beckoning from the motion picture screen."--BOOK JACKET Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-407) and index ISBN: 9780231143585 Contents: 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 -- App The Production Code More info
journal article		Innerspace in Cinefantastique (Dec 1987) vol.18 iss.1 p.43, 61 Author: Doherty, Thomas PhysDes: Article Subject: INNERSPACE (US, Joe Dante, 1987) Summary: Review of "Innerspace" and interview with special effects person Dennis Muren More info
journal article		James Cameron's "Aliens" : A direct hit, and a worthy successor to the original. James Cameron is unsurpassed in visualising SF in Cinefantastique (October 1986) vol.16 iss.4/5 p.6-11, 123 Author: Doherty, Thomas PhysDes: Article Subject: ALIENS (US, James Cameron, 1986) Summary: A glowing review of James Cameron's efforts in "Aliens". Doherty particularly praises Cameron's ability to visualise speculative fiction but places the success of the film on Ripley's characterisation and Sigourney Weaver's performance Notes: Review. - illus. More info
journal article		Sex, death, corruption, and killing doses of major weirdness in Cinefantastique (March 1987) vol.17 iss.2 p.45 Author: Doherty, Thomas PhysDes: Article Subject: BLUE VELVET (US, David Lynch, 1986) More info
book		Teenagers and teenpics : the juvenilization of American movies in the 1950s / Thomas Doherty Boston: Unwin Hyman, 1988. Call No: 451-053.6 DOH Author: Doherty, Thomas Patrick; Doherty, Thomas Patrick. Teenagers and teenpics, 1955-1960 Place: Boston Publisher: Unwin Hyman PubDate: 1988 PhysDes: xi, 275 p. : ill. ; 23 cm Series: Media and popular culture ; 3 Subject: YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE CINEMA; YOUNG PEOPLE IN FILMS; TEEN FILMS Notes: Revision of thesis (Ph. D.--University of Iowa, 1984) under title: Teenagers and teenpics, 1955-1960; Filmography: p. 245-261; Includes bibliographies and indexes ISBN: 0044451407 (pbk.); 0044451393 LON: 88004412; 5793379 ID2: 275 More info

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