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

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix Preface xiii The Production Code 1922-1934 1. Welcome Will Hays! 3 2. Welcome Mae West! 18 3. Welcome Joe Breen! 34 The Production Code Administration 1934-1966 4. Dead End 59 5. Gone \.Wth the \.Wnd 81 6. The Outlaw and The Postman Always Rings Twice 113 7. The Bicycle Thief 145 8. Detective Story and A Streetcar Named Desire 167 9. The Moon Is Blue and The French Line 190 10. Lolita 219 11. WhosAfraid of \tlrginia Woolf? 247 Aftermath 272 Appendix: The Motion Picture Production Code 285 Notes 301 Selected Bibliography 341 Selected filmography 349 About the Authors 359 Index 361 Illustrations follow page 190 ...