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Complicated women
sex and power in pre-code Hollywood
By LaSalle, Mick
- ISBN
- 978-0-31225-207-6
- Publisher
- New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2000.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2000
Between 1929 and 1934, Hollywood was governed by a voluntary code of decency. During this period, women characters were often tough-talking, sexually aggressive, and independent. Under pressure from church and state decency groups, a code with enforcement powers was implemented in 1934. The effect of the 1934 code (which remained in effect until the late 1960s) has been hotly debated recently. LaSalle, film critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, makes it clear what he thinks, blasting ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
