Final project for "RTVF 137A: Film History" at Hofstra University covering films up to the early 1960's. Video essay on the effects of the Production Code on two films specifically: The Lady Eve (1941) and The Children's Hour (1961).

Special thanks to Jack Cibrian
Footage used is not owned by me, used for educational purposes.

Works Cited:

Cox, Fiona. “Closet Cases: Costuming, Lesbian Identities and Desire, Hollywood Cinema and the Motion Picture Production Code.” The International Journal of the Image, vol. 1, no. 4, 2011, pp. 43–56., doi:10.18848/2154-8560/cgp/v01i04/44221.

Doherty, Thomas. “Hollywood’s Censor: Joseph I. Breen and the Production Code Administration.” HISTORICAL JOURNAL OF FILM, RADIO AND TELEVISION, 2007, pp. 572–574.

Greene, Jane M. “Hollywood's Production Code and Thirties Romantic Comedy.” Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, vol. 30, no. 1, 2010, pp. 55–73., doi:10.1080/01439680903577268.

Londino, Cathleen. “Verbal Sex: Hollywood Censorship and the Birth of the Screwball Comedy.” The International Journal of the Image, vol. 2, no. 1, 2012, pp. 25–36., doi:10.18848/2154-8560/cgp/v02i01/44235.