The Legion Of Decency

Author : Peter C. Rollins
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780813160306

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Hollywood As Historian by Peter C. Rollins Pdf

“A commendably comprehensive analysis of the issue of Hollywood’s ability to shape our minds . . . invigorating reading.” ?Booklist Film has exerted a pervasive influence on the American mind, and in eras of economic instability and international conflict, the industry has not hesitated to use motion pictures for propaganda purposes. During less troubled times, citizens’ ability to deal with political and social issues may be enhanced or thwarted by images absorbed in theaters. Tracking the interaction of Americans with important movie productions, this book considers such topics as racial and sexual stereotyping; censorship of films; comedy as a tool for social criticism; the influence of “great men” and their screen images; and the use of film to interpret history. Hollywood As Historian benefits from a variety of approaches. Literary and historical influences are carefully related to The Birth of a Nation and Apocalypse Now, two highly tendentious epics of war and cultural change. How political beliefs of filmmakers affected cinematic styles is illuminated in a short survey of documentary films made during the Great Depression. Historical distance has helped analysts decode messages unintended by filmmakers in the study of The Snake Pit and Dr. Strangelove. Hollywood As Historian offers a versatile, thought-provoking text for students of popular culture, American studies, film history, or film as history. Films considered include: The Birth of a Nation (1915), The Plow that Broke the Plains (1936), The River (1937), March of Time (1935-1953), City Lights (1931), Modern Times (1936), The Great Dictator (1940), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Native Land (1942), Wilson (1944), The Negro Soldier (1944), The Snake Pit (1948), On the Waterfront (1954), Dr. Strangelove (1964), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), and Apocalypse Now (1979). “Recommended reading for anyone concerned with the influence of popular culture on the public perception of history.” ?American Journalism

Author : Charles E. Curran
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1589017439

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The Social Mission of the U.S. Catholic Church by Charles E. Curran Pdf

How does the Church function in the world? What is it called to do, and what does it actually do? Charles E. Curran explores the social mission of the U.S. Catholic Church from a theological perspective, analyzing and assessing four aspects: the importance of social mission, who carries it out, how it is carried out, and the roles that the Church and individual Catholics play in supporting these efforts. In the early and mid-twentieth century the Catholic Church in the United States tended to focus its social mission on its own charities, hospitals, and schools. But the Second Vatican Council called the Church to a new understanding of social mission, deepening its involvement in and commitment to civic, social, and political life in the United States and abroad. Curran devotes particular attention to three issues that have reflected the Church's strong sense of social mission since that time: abortion, war and peace, and labor. The Social Mission of the U.S. Catholic Church describes the proper role of bishops, institutions, and movements in the Church, but insists that the primary role belongs to all the baptized members of the Church as they live out the social mission in their daily lives.

Author : Paul W. Facey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015002978651

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The Legion of Decency by Paul W. Facey Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781434946409

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Where the Movies Played in Downtown Pittsburg(h) by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jonathon Green,Nicholas J. Karolides
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 721 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Censorship
ISBN : 9781438110011

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Encyclopedia of Censorship by Jonathon Green,Nicholas J. Karolides Pdf

Articles examine the history and evolution of censorship, presented in A to Z format.

Author : United States. Congress. House
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1848 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1936
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:35112104229762

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Hearings by United States. Congress. House Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1939
Category : Motion pictures
ISBN : LOC:00000773852

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Anti "block-booking" and "blind Selling" in the Leasing of Motion-picture Films by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1466 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1939
Category : Railroads
ISBN : UCAL:B5160824

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Government Rates on Railroads by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1618 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : United States
ISBN : UCAL:B5148817

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Overseas Information Programs of the United States by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee Under Senate Resolution 74 on Overseas Information Programs of the United States
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1374 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : United States
ISBN : LOC:0010118481A

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Overseas Information Programs of the United States by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee Under Senate Resolution 74 on Overseas Information Programs of the United States Pdf

Author : Scott MacKenzie
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-21
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780520377479

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Film Manifestos and Global Cinema Cultures by Scott MacKenzie Pdf

Film Manifestos and Global Cinema Cultures is the first book to collect manifestoes from the global history of cinema, providing the first historical and theoretical account of the role played by film manifestos in filmmaking and film culture. Focusing equally on political and aesthetic manifestoes, Scott MacKenzie uncovers a neglected, yet nevertheless central history of the cinema, exploring a series of documents that postulate ways in which to re-imagine the cinema and, in the process, re-imagine the world. This volume collects the major European “waves” and figures (Eisenstein, Truffaut, Bergman, Free Cinema, Oberhausen, Dogme ‘95); Latin American Third Cinemas (Birri, Sanjinés, Espinosa, Solanas); radical art and the avant-garde (Buñuel, Brakhage, Deren, Mekas, Ono, Sanborn); and world cinemas (Iimura, Makhmalbaf, Sembene, Sen). It also contains previously untranslated manifestos co-written by figures including Bollaín, Debord, Hermosillo, Isou, Kieslowski, Painlevé, Straub, and many others. Thematic sections address documentary cinema, aesthetics, feminist and queer film cultures, pornography, film archives, Hollywood, and film and digital media. Also included are texts traditionally left out of the film manifestos canon, such as the Motion Picture Production Code and Pius XI's Vigilanti Cura, which nevertheless played a central role in film culture.

Author : Robert Laurence Moore
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664223702

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Touchdown Jesus by Robert Laurence Moore Pdf

This book is an intriguing narrative of the interplay between American religion and patterns of American culture in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. R. Laurence Moore considers the ways nationalism, the separation of church and state, democratic pluralism, and shifts in boundaries between secular and sacred practice have shaped American religion for the past two hundred years.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1936
Category : Block booking
ISBN : LOC:00186790881

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Motion-picture Films by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1936
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045426652

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Motion-picture Films. Hearing Before a Subcommittee ... on Bills to Prohibit and to Prevent the Trade Practices Known as "compuslory Block-booking" and "blind Selling" in the Leasing of Motion Picture Films in Interstate and Foreign Commerce by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce Pdf

Author : Gregory D. Black
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0521565928

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Hollywood Censored by Gregory D. Black Pdf

After a series of sex scandals rocked the film industry in 1922, movie moguls hired Will Hays to clear the image of movies. Hays tried a variety of ways to regulate movies before adopting what became known as the production code. Written in 1930 by a St Louis priest, the code stipulated that movies stress proper behaviour, respect for government, and 'Christian values'. The Catholic Church reinforced these efforts by launching its Legion of Decency in 1934. Intended to force Hays and Hollywood to censor films, the Legion of Decency engineered the appointment of Joseph Breen as head of the Production Code Administration. For the next three decades, Breen, Hays, and the Catholic Legion of Decency virtually controlled the content of all Hollywood films.