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Thomas Doherty
Film Studies Lecture
Thursday, Nov 12, 2009 | 3:30PM
Wexner Film/Video Theater
Friday, Nov 13, 2009 | 10:30
Denney 311: Q&A for interested students and faculty with Thomas Doherty.
"Hollywood Censorship: The Moral Universe of the Breen Office, 1934-1954."
By Professor Thomas Doherty, film studies and American studies, Brandeis University
One of the most recognized film historians in the country, Doherty is the author of five books including
Teenagers and Teenpics: The Juvenilization of American Movies in the 1950s (1988),
Projections of War: Hollywood, American Culture and World War II (1993),
Pre- Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930-1934 (1999)
Cold War and Cool Medium: Television, McCarthyism and American Culture (2003), and
Hollywood's Censor: Joseph L. Breen and the Production Code Administration (2007). In 2005 he received recognition as an Academy Film Scholar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He also writes regularly for national newspapers about film and media.
Film Studies Lecture Series
Ohio State's Program in Film Studies offers students and the campus community the opportunity to think historically and critically about the entire culture of global cinema. The program partners with the Wexner Center's media arts department on cosponsored lectures and selected screenings.
