Abstract:This study is a close examination of The Nun's Story (Fred Zinnemann, 1959) and The Sins of Rachel Cade (Gordon Douglas, 1961), two Warner Bros. productions adapted, respectively, from a Catholic- and a Protestant-themed bestseller. The novels' similarity in subject and setting is as striking as the differences in their manner of production. Utilizing archival research, this analysis reveals Production Code Administration negotiations with producers and religious officials to be a crucible of concerns about aesthetics, religion, and market access, while also highlighting religious principles and crucial differences in Catholic and Protestant approaches to movie regulation when the Production Code era was showing its first signs of decline.
{"title":"A Tale of Two Movies: Protestants, Catholics, and Prior Censorship in Post–World War II Hollywood","authors":"William D. Romanowski","doi":"10.1353/CJ.2017.0022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/CJ.2017.0022","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This study is a close examination of The Nun's Story (Fred Zinnemann, 1959) and The Sins of Rachel Cade (Gordon Douglas, 1961), two Warner Bros. productions adapted, respectively, from a Catholic- and a Protestant-themed bestseller. The novels' similarity in subject and setting is as striking as the differences in their manner of production. Utilizing archival research, this analysis reveals Production Code Administration negotiations with producers and religious officials to be a crucible of concerns about aesthetics, religion, and market access, while also highlighting religious principles and crucial differences in Catholic and Protestant approaches to movie regulation when the Production Code era was showing its first signs of decline.","PeriodicalId":92490,"journal":{"name":"Cinema journal","volume":"35 1","pages":"74 - 94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84708925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I examine Danny Kaye's on-screen queer persona, arguing that his manic performance style gives historical specificity to his distinctive signification of gender and sexual ambiguities. Specifically, three signature elements constitute Kaye's performances in his 1940s musicals: the doubled identities, suggesting the closet; the association of Jewishness with Broadway sophistication and effeminate masculinity; and the popularity in this period of "Freudism" and fantasy. I then consider how that queer persona fared in the more conservative period of the 1950s, especially in the light of Kaye's identification as a children's entertainer.
{"title":"The Manic Bodies of Danny Kaye","authors":"S. Cohan","doi":"10.1353/CJ.2017.0019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/CJ.2017.0019","url":null,"abstract":"I examine Danny Kaye's on-screen queer persona, arguing that his manic performance style gives historical specificity to his distinctive signification of gender and sexual ambiguities. Specifically, three signature elements constitute Kaye's performances in his 1940s musicals: the doubled identities, suggesting the closet; the association of Jewishness with Broadway sophistication and effeminate masculinity; and the popularity in this period of \"Freudism\" and fantasy. I then consider how that queer persona fared in the more conservative period of the 1950s, especially in the light of Kaye's identification as a children's entertainer.","PeriodicalId":92490,"journal":{"name":"Cinema journal","volume":"15 1","pages":"1 - 23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78260261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract:This article investigates the 1953 NBC production "Marty" to challenge a long-held bias in television studies. By identifying television as either a "writers' medium" or a "producers' medium," scholars have underestimated the contributions of television directors. This has led to a perspective that emphasizes the narrative and commercial aspects of TV without sufficient regard for television programs' visual styles. Drawing on original interviews and archival resources (including fan letters that recover individual viewing experiences), this article argues that director Delbert Mann contributed to "Marty"'s artistry by linking the representation of Italian Americans with an aesthetic style associated with Italian neorealism.
{"title":"Written Out of the Story: Issues of Television Authorship, Reception, and Ethnicity in NBC's \"Marty\"","authors":"Jonathan J. Cavallero","doi":"10.1353/CJ.2017.0021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/CJ.2017.0021","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This article investigates the 1953 NBC production \"Marty\" to challenge a long-held bias in television studies. By identifying television as either a \"writers' medium\" or a \"producers' medium,\" scholars have underestimated the contributions of television directors. This has led to a perspective that emphasizes the narrative and commercial aspects of TV without sufficient regard for television programs' visual styles. Drawing on original interviews and archival resources (including fan letters that recover individual viewing experiences), this article argues that director Delbert Mann contributed to \"Marty\"'s artistry by linking the representation of Italian Americans with an aesthetic style associated with Italian neorealism.","PeriodicalId":92490,"journal":{"name":"Cinema journal","volume":"11 2 1","pages":"47 - 73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77526914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introduction to Newsreel 55: Which Side Are You On?","authors":"M. Krajnc","doi":"10.1353/CJ.2017.0023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/CJ.2017.0023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92490,"journal":{"name":"Cinema journal","volume":"49 1","pages":"95 - 99"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91045307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Racial Accents, Hollywood Casting, and Asian American Studies","authors":"Shilpa S. Davé","doi":"10.1353/CJ.2017.0030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/CJ.2017.0030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92490,"journal":{"name":"Cinema journal","volume":"56 1","pages":"142 - 147"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87591972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Asian American Media Studies and the Problem of Legibility","authors":"P. Feng","doi":"10.1353/CJ.2017.0027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/CJ.2017.0027","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92490,"journal":{"name":"Cinema journal","volume":"12 1","pages":"125 - 130"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88517026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mixed Race Matters: What Emma Stone and Bruno Mars Can Tell Us about the Future of Asian American Media","authors":"Leilani Nishime","doi":"10.1353/CJ.2017.0031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/CJ.2017.0031","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92490,"journal":{"name":"Cinema journal","volume":"278 1","pages":"148 - 152"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80070699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Newsreel 55: Which Side Are You On?","authors":"Andrej Šprah, Maja Lovrenov","doi":"10.1353/CJ.2017.0024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/CJ.2017.0024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92490,"journal":{"name":"Cinema journal","volume":"55 1","pages":"100 - 114"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78760961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What Was Asian American Cinema?","authors":"S. Chong","doi":"10.1353/CJ.2017.0028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/CJ.2017.0028","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92490,"journal":{"name":"Cinema journal","volume":"3 1","pages":"130 - 135"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74932954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Asian American Media Activism: Fighting for Cultural Citizenship by Lori Kido Lopez (review)","authors":"A. Kim","doi":"10.1353/CJ.2017.0034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/CJ.2017.0034","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":92490,"journal":{"name":"Cinema journal","volume":"110 1","pages":"159 - 163"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76307317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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