The Catholic Crusade Against the Movies, 1940-1975

The Catholic Crusade Against the Movies, 1940-1975

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Book Description
For more than three decades the Catholic Church through its Legion of Decency controlled the content of Hollywood films. Studios submitted their films to the Legion for a rating, which varied from general approval to condemnation. Documenting the inner workings of the Legion, The Catholic Crusade Against the Movies examines how the Church acquired such control and how the changes in the movie industry and American society at large in the post-World War II era eventually conspired against that institution's power and led to its demise.

The Catholic Crusade Against the Movies, 1940-1975,Gregory D. Black,Cambridge University Press,0521629055,Censorship,Christianity - History - Catholic,Cinema/Film: Book,Film & Video - General,Film & Video - History & Criticism,Media Studies,Moral and ethical aspects,Motion pictures,National Legion of Decency,Performing Arts,Religion - Roman Catholic,United States,Films, cinema,Performing Arts / Mass Media,Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000,Second World War, 1939-1945,USA

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