Sin in Soft Focus: Pre-Code Hollywood
Sin in Soft Focus showcases a scintillating era in film history: "pre-code Hollywood," that boldly creative period in the early 1930s when defiant producers flouted the restrictions of the censors, who tried--but failed--to ban everything from sex, profanity, and excessive violence to "lustful...
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Sin in Soft Focus showcases a scintillating era in film history: "pre-code Hollywood," that boldly creative period in the early 1930s when defiant producers flouted the restrictions of the censors, who tried--but failed--to ban everything from sex, profanity, and excessive violence to "lustful kissing." Lavishly illustrated with rare film stills, the book captures the artistry and bravura of the era's controversial films.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780810982284 (0810982285)
Publish date: March 1st 2003
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
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