Books by Gregory D. (University of Missouri Black

For more than three decades the Catholic church powerfully influenced Hollywood by means of its ratings system. The Catholic Crusade against the Movies examines how the Church acquired such control, and how the changes in the movie industry and American society eventually lead to its demise.

Based on an extensive survey of original studio records, censorship files, and Catholic Legion of Decency archives here published for the first time, Hollywood Censored examines how hundreds of films were censored to promote a conservative political agenda during the 1930s, the golden era of studio production.