07-Black on Scarface & gangster films

ASSIGNMENT DELAYED, BOOK NOT IN YET.  Before class on Feb 5th, read Gregory Black, Hollywood Censored, pp. 107-111 (up to discussion of Little Caesar), 121-132 (up to discussion of prison films).  Before class, post to the blog a detailed account of what you learned about Scarface and gangster films in the 1930s from the reading in Black.  We will go over your postings in class.  I will then talk about the early history of film censorship and the Hays Office and we may watch selections from a documentary on the issue from the Forbidden Hollywood Vol. 2 DVD from TCM Archives.

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