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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
William D Romanowski |
| ISBN: | 9780195387841 0195387848 |
| OCLC Number: | 754105638 |
| Description: | xv, 298 p., [14] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Reforming the movies: what could possibly go wrong? -- The Federal Council of Churches enters the frame -- Putting a Presbyterian in charge of Hollywood -- On the trail of the serpent: Will Hays and the Protestant crusade -- Protestants and Hollywood at the crossroads -- The worst that could happen: a Catholic legion of "decency" -- One foot in Hollywood: the Protestant Film Commission -- Movie consulting, Protestant style -- High noon in the Broadcasting and Film Commission -- And the winner is: the Protestant film awards -- No longer a dirty word: this film will now be rated -- A changing of the guard -- The curious case of evangelicals. |
| Responsibility: | William D. Romanowski. |
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William Romanowski is fair-minded, has a fascinating story to tell, and tells it well Tom Aitken, Times Literary Supplement [a] thorough, fact-filled account of the interaction between Protestantism and the American cinema Christopher R. Brewer, Transpositions [a] this labyrinthine history of attempts to regulate the film industry, from the silent era to the present day ... a fascinating history, meticulously researched Pat Ashworth, Church Times Read more...
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