The Dame in the Kimono: Hollywood, Censorship, and the Production Code

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Copyright © 2001 by Leonard J. Leff and Jerold L. Simmons Published by The University Press of Kentucky Scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth, serving Bellarmine University, Berea College, Centre College of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University,The Filson Historical Society, Georgetown College, Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University,Transylvania University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and Western Kentucky University. All rights reserved. Editorial and Sales Offices: The University Press of Kentucky 663 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40508-4008 www.kentuckypress.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Leff, Leonard J. The dame in the kimono : Hollywood, censorship, and the Production Code / Leonard J. Leff and Jerold L. Simmons.— [2nd ed.]. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Welcome Will Hays! — Welcome Mae West! — Welcome Joe Breen! — Dead end — Gone with the wind — The outlaw and The postman always rings twice — The bicycle thief — Detective story and A streetcar named Desire — The moon is blue and The French line — Lolita — Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf? — Appendix, The Motion Picture Production Code. ISBN 0-8131-9011-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Motion pictures—Censorship—United States. 2. Motion pictures—California— Los Angeles—History. I. Simmons, Jerold, 1941– II.Title. PN1995.62 .L4 2001 791.43’0973—dc21 00-065573 ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-9011-2 This book is printed on acid-free paper meeting the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence in Paper for Printed Library Materials. Manufactured in the United States of America. Member of the Association of American University Presses ...