329
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Courting controversy: The making and selling of Baby Doll and the demise of the production code

Pages 347-360 | Published online: 05 Jun 2009

Works cited

  • Anonymous . 1957 . “Baby Doll Update,” . Los Angeles Times , January 7 : C13
  • Anonymous . 1956 . “Review of Baby Doll,” . Independent Film Journal , December 8 : 9
  • Anonymous . 1956 . “Review of Baby Doll,” . he Monde , December 22 : 16
  • Anonymous . 1956 . “Review of Baby Doll,” . Los Angeles Times , December 24 : E4
  • Anonymous . 1957 . “Review of Baby Doll,” . New York Times , February 3 : A12
  • Anonymous . 1956 . “Review of Baby Doll,” . Variety , November 28 : 5
  • Barnouw , Erik . 1990 . Tube of Plenty: The Evolution of American Television , 2nd revised ed. , New York : Oxford University Press .
  • Breen , Joseph . 1952 . “Letter to Jack Warner,” . Baby Doll , August file. Production Code Administration files. Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, n.p.
  • Dougherty , Thomas . 1999 . “The Acceptable Bigotry,” . Los Angeles Times , October 12 : B9 PCA files, n.p.
  • Gabler , Neal . 1989 . An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood , New York : Anchor Books .
  • Hirschorn , Clive . 1979 . The Warner Brothers Story , New York : Crown .
  • Jackson , George H. Jackson . 1956 . “Review of Baby Doll,” . Los Angeles Herald Express , December 27 : E5
  • Kazan , Elia . 1988 . Elia Kazan: A Life , New York : Alfred Knopf .
  • _____ . 1952 . “Letter to Steve Trilling,” . Baby Doll , May file. Warner Brothers Studios files. University of Southern California Special Collections, n.p.
  • _____ . 1955 . “Letter to Jack Warner,” . Baby Doll , November file. Warner Brothers Studios files. University of Southern California Special Collections, n.p.
  • Leff , Leonard J. and Simmons , Jerold L. 1990 . The Dame in the Kimono: Hollywood, Censorship, and the Production Code from the 1920s to the 1960s , New York : Anchor Books .
  • Leibman , Nina C. 1995 . Living Room Lectures: The Fifties in Film and Television , Austin : University of Texas Press . n.p.
  • McDermid , Finlay . 1952 . “Letter to Steve Trilling,” . Baby Doll , March file. Production Code Administration files. Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, n.p.
  • _____ . 1952 . “Letter to Steve Trilling,” . Baby Doll , July file. Production Code Administration files. Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, n.p.
  • _____ . 1954 . “Letter to Steve Trilling,” . Baby Doll , January file. Production Code Administration files. Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, n.p.
  • _____ . 1955 . “Letter to Elia Kazan,” . Baby Doll , May file. Production Code Administration files. Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, n.p.
  • _____ . 1955 . “Letter to Steve Trilling,” . Baby Doll , September file. Production Code Administration files. Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, n.p.
  • Miller , Frank . 1994 . Censored Hollywood: Sex, Sin and Violence on the Screen , Atlanta : Turner Publishing .
  • National Legion of Decency . 1956 . "Baby Doll News Release,” . Baby Doll , 13 December file. Production Code Administration files. Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, n.p.
  • Production Code Administration . 1956 . “Report on Baby Doll,” . Baby Doll , December file. Production Code Administration files. Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, n.p.
  • Reddy , Thomas . 1956 . “Review of Baby Doll,” . Los Angeles Examiner , December 27 : E1
  • Redelings , Lowell . 1956 . “Review of Baby Doll,” . Citizen News , December 27 : 22
  • Schallert , Edwin . 1956 . “Review of Baby Doll,” . Los Angeles Times , December 27 : E3
  • Scheuer , Philip K. 1956 . “Review of Baby Doll,” . Los Angeles Times , November 25 : E7
  • Schreiber , Sidney . 1957 . “MPAA Document on Baby Doll,” . Baby Doll , March file. Warner Brothers Studios files. University of Southern California Special Collections, n.p.
  • Schumach , Murray . 1964 . The Face on the Cutting Room Floor: The Story of Movie and Television Censorship , New York : William Morrow .
  • Shurlock , Geoffrey . 1955 . “Letter to Jack Warner,” . Baby Doll , October file. Production Code Administration files. Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, n.p.
  • Sklar , Robert . 1976 . Movie‐Made America , New York : Vintage Books .
  • Vizzard , Jack . 1956 . “Letter to Jack Warner,” . Baby Doll , July file. Warner Brothers Studios files. University of Southern California Special Collections, n.p.
  • Warner Brothers Studios . 1956 . "Baby Doll Advertising Memos,” . Baby Doll , December file. Warner Brothers Studios files. University of Southern California Special Collections, n.p.
  • _____ . 1957 . “Baby Doll Censorship Report: 1956‐57,” . Baby Doll , file. Warner Brothers Studios files. University of Southern California Special Collections, n.p.
  • _____ . 1955 . “Baby Doll Director's Contract,” . Baby Doll , October file. Warner Brothers Studios files. University of Southern California Special Collections, n.p.
  • _____ . 1956 . “Baby Doll News Release,” . Baby Doll , 13 December file. Production Code Administration files. Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, n.p.
  • _____ . 1956 . “Baby Doll Trailer Transcript,” . Baby Doll , December file. Warner Brothers Studios files. University of Southern California Special Collections, n.p.
  • _____ . 1956 . “The Most Spectacular 24‐Sheet Posting in Warner History!” . Baby Doll , December file. Warner Brothers Studios files. University of Southern California Special Collections, n.p.
  • _____ . 1956 . “Mr. Exhibitor: Do You Know This About ‘Baby Doll’...” . Baby Doll , December file. Warner Brothers Studios files. University of Southern California Special Collections, n.p.
  • _____ . 1956 . “Your ‘Baby Doll’: A Big Ad‐Pub Campaign,” . Baby Doll , December file. Warner Brothers Studios files. University of Southern California Special Collections, n.p.
  • Weisbart , David . 1953 . “Letter to Tennessee Williams,” . Baby Doll , June file. Production Code Administration files. Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, n.p.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.