Forbidden Hollywood: The Pre-Code Era (1930-1934)
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “See pictures for condition.”
- Brand
- Running Press
- Type
- see description
- Release Year
- 2019
- Custom Bundle
- No
- Model
- see description
- UPC
- 9780762466771
- Title
- Forbidden Hollywood: The Pre-Code Era (1930-1934): When Sin Rule
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- MPN
- 978076246677
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- China
- ISBN
- 9780762466771
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Running Press
ISBN-10
0762466774
ISBN-13
9780762466771
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13038751184
Product Key Features
Book Title
Forbidden Hollywood: the Pre-Code Era (1930-1934) : When Sin Ruled the Movies
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Film / Guides & Reviews, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Subjects & Themes / Celebrity
Publication Year
2019
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Performing Arts, Photography, Biography & Autobiography
Book Series
Turner Classic Movies Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
48.9 Oz
Item Length
10 in
Item Width
8.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2018-959092
Reviews
"Impressively informative, absorbing, detailed, and definitive portrait of an unforgettable era in American filmmaking, Forbidden Hollywood: When Sin Ruled the Movies is an inherently fascinating, page-turner of a read that will prove to be an immediate and enduringly popular addition to both community and academic American Film History collections and supplemental curriculum studies rosters."-- -Midwest Book Review, Reviewer's Bookwatch, "Forbidden Hollywood is filled with lush and often erotic stills from pre-Code era movies. This is an in-depth work, an intriguing film history that dives deep into the art and commerce of Hollywood productions versus the social engineers who attempted - and ultimately failed - to set American movies into rigid cultural values."-- -New York Journal of Books, "No one knows more about the tantalizing and provocative films of the early 1930s than Mark Vieira, and no one has access to better still photos... With exquisitely showcased illustrations and informative text, this book meets the high standard one would expect from its author and publisher."-- - LeonardMaltin.com, "This is the ultimate guide to a gloriously entertaining and strikingly modern era."-- -Discover Hollywood, "Mark A. Vieira, an expert in his field, uses scintillating images to explore racy pre-Code doings."-- -Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times, "...an illuminating, superbly researched treasure trove of Hollywood history and gossip. ... Forbidden Hollywood is a real treat for film buffs. The hundreds of photos are dazzling and evocative, and Vieira's history lessons are compelling and fresh."-- -Kevin Howell, Shelf Awareness for Readers, "Informative, intelligent, and delightfully scandal-filled . . . Illuminating an integral part of movie history often seen through soft-focus and murky lighting, this clearly written survey deserves a spot both on film scholars' book shelves and movie buffs' coffee tables."-- Publishers Weekly , https: //www.publishersweekly.com/9780762466771, " Forbidden Hollywood is the ideal film book...the perfect marriage of information and entertainment."-- -Raquel Stecher, Out of the Past Film Blog, "...a fascinating history lesson centered on a five-year period leading up to the signing of Hollywood's Production Code, which prohibited violence, profanity, nudity, provocative dancing, illegal drug use and a host of other scandalous onscreen behaviors. Vieira traces the transition from silent cinema to sound films, which led to the new candor that necessitated these codes.....an interesting window into Tinseltown's early days."-- -The New York Times Book Review, "Even knowledgeable film fans will find new information.... Hollywood historian, author and photographer Vieira's well-laid-out, lush, lascivious look at film's pre-Code era, the early 1930s, is a gorgeous volume augmented by historical snapshots."-- -Liz French, Library Journal
Synopsis
Filled with rare images and untold stories from filmmakers, exhibitors, and moviegoers, Forbidden Hollywood is the ultimate guide to a gloriously entertaining era when a lax code of censorship let sin rule the movies. Forbidden Hollywood is a history of "pre-Code" like none other you will eavesdrop on production conferences, read nervous telegrams from executives to censors, and hear Americans argue about "immoral" movies. You will see decisions artfully wrought, so as to fool some of the people long enough to get films into theaters. You will read what theater managers thought of such craftiness, and hear from fans as they applauded creativity or condemned crassness. You will see how these films caused a grass-roots movement to gain control of Hollywood-and why they were "forbidden" for fifty years. The book spotlights the twenty-two films that led to the strict new Code of 1934, including Red-Headed Woman , Call Her Savage , and She Done Him Wrong . You'll see Paul Muni shoot a path to power in the original Scarface ; Barbara Stanwyck climb the corporate ladder on her own terms in Baby Face ; and misfits seek revenge in Freaks . More than 200 newly restored (and some never-before-published) photographs illustrate pivotal moments in the careers of Clara Bow, Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, and Greta Garbo; and the pre-Code stardom of Claudette Colbert, Cary Grant, Marlene Dietrich, James Cagney, and Mae West. This is the definitive portrait of an unforgettable era in filmmaking.
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