Unproduction Studies and the American Film Industry.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (143 pages)
- Routledge Focus on Film Studies .
- Routledge Focus on Film Studies .
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of tables -- About the author -- Preface -- 1 Unproduction studies -- 2 Hollywood and the Production Code Administration -- 3 The Margaret Herrick Library and the PCA records -- 4 Women -- 5 Sex -- 6 Politics -- 7 Crime -- 8 Conclusion -- Appendix I: Unproduced files in the PCA records -- Index.
This book makes the case for unproduction studies, the study of films left unmade, unseen, or unreleased, as a radical discipline with the potential to uncover a shadow history of the American film industry.