Mark Sullivan wrote:
> Leonard J. Leff's and Jerold L. Simmons's The Dame
in the Kimono:
> Hollywood, Censorship, & the Production Code
from the 1920s to the
> 1960s.
>
Of the books Mark mentioned, this one sounds like the one
closest to my interests. I already have several versions of
the Hays code (two are available online) and have been
reading Joan Copjec's _Shades of Noir_, Nicole Rafter's
_Shots in the Mirror_ and, as I said earlier, Munby's
_Public Enemies, Public Heroes_. The last far outshines the
other two.
It's quite a bit of fun catching up on some of the earliest
talking gangster films -- such a startling departure from the
post-code sanitized films we see much more often. The Tom
Powers character in
"The Public Enemy" is a striking example of everything the
code was designed to prevent!
Thanx again for the help, Mark & Bill, I knew I could
count on you!
Cheers, --- Phil Lycé¥ Astier, Aubenas, France
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