Reforming Hollywood : how American Protestants fought for freedom at the movies /
William D. Romanowski.
- New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
- xv, 298 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-280) and index.
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.