Hitchcock and the Censors

by John Billheimer

Book Overview

Throughout his career, Alfred Hitchcock had to contend with a wide variety of censors attuned to the slightest suggestion of sexual innuendo, undue violence, toilet humor, religious disrespect, and all forms of indecency, real or imagined. From 1934 to 1968, the Motion Picture Production Code Office controlled the content and final cut on all films made and distributed in the United States. During their review of Hitchcock's films, the censors demanded...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813180546
• ISBN13: 9780813180540
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up