Forbidden Films Censorship Histories of 125 Motion Pictures

"Coverage also includes: Early efforts to regulate the movie industry, such as the 1922 Hays Code and the Motion Picture Production Code of 1930; the emergence of the Catholic Legion of Decency, which held extensive power for nearly 40 years; reasons prompting different types of film censorship, including accusations of racism and anti-Semitism, sexual "indecency," and the threat of communism; classic and contemporary films that have faced censorship on sexual grounds (Last Tango in Paris, A Streetcar Named Desire), social grounds (Basic Instinct, Of Human Bondage), political grounds (Anna and the King, Revenge at Daybreak), religious grounds (La Dolce Vita, The Last Temptation of Christ), and for violent content (Natural Born Killers, Scarface)." "Appendixes profile directors of censored films; list films by reason for their censorship; and list 125 additional challenged, censored, or banned films."--BOOK JACKET.