Freedom and Entertainment: Rating the Movies in an Age of New Media
Item Number
PN1993.5.U6V38
Author/Artist/Editor
Stephen Vaugh
Type
Book, Hard Copy
Date
2006
Press/Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Language
English
Description
This is a story that Jack Valenti has long tried to keep secret. Freedom and Entertainment is the first book to offer a behind-the-scenes account of the motion picture rating system and the Motion Picture Association of America under Valenti's leadership. The book is based on the private papers and oral history of Richard D. Heffner, who headed th