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The Dame in the Kimono: Hollywood, Censorship, and the Production Code

by Leonard J. Leff · 1990

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" The new edition of this seminal work takes the story of the Production Code and motion picture censorship into the present, including the creation of the PG-13 and NC-17 ratings in the 1990s.

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moviesmoviesMore like thisLess of this
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CaliforniaCaliforniaMore like thisLess of thisLos AngelesLos AngelesMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 377 pages

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