Reforming Hollywood How American Protestants Fought for Freedom at the Movies

Name: Reforming Hollywood How American Protestants Fought for Freedom at the Movies
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ISBN: 9780195387841

ISBN-10: 0195387848

ISBN-13: 9780195387841

Edition: 2012

Authors: William D. Romanowski

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Hollywood and Christianity often seem to be at war. Indeed, there is a long list of movies that have attracted religious condemnation, fromGone with the Windwith its notorious "damn," toThe Life of BrianandThe Last Temptation of Christ. But the reality, writes William Romanowski, has been far more complicated--and remarkable.InReforming Hollywood, Romanowski, a leading historian of popular culture, explores the long and varied efforts of Protestants to influence the film industry. He shows how a broad spectrum of religious forces have played a role in Hollywood, from Presbyterians and Episcopalians to fundamentalists and evangelicals. Drawing on personal interviews and previously untouched…

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List price: $63.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/26/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.49" long x 1.11" tall
Weight: 1.232

William D. Romanowski is assistant professor of Communication Arts and Sciences at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is pursuing a Ph.D. in American Culture at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.



Preface and Acknowledgments


Introduction



Reforming the Movies: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?



The Federal Council of Churches Enters the Frame



Putting a Presbyterian in Charge of Hollywood



On the Trail of the Serpent: Will Hays and the Protestant Crusade



Protestants and Hollywood at the Crossroads



The Worst That Could Happen: A Catholic Legion of "Decency"



One Foot in Hollywood: The Protestant Film Commission



Movie Consulting-Protestant Style



High Noon in the Broadcasting and Film Commission



And the Winner Is: The Protestant Film Awards



No Longer a Dirty Word: This Film Will Now Be Rated



A Changing of the Guard



The Curious Case of Evangelicals


Conclusion


The Cast


Abbreviations Used in Notes


Notes


Index