- Doom Book
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- For the Code of Alfred the Great, see Doom book.
The Doom Book was a list of 117 names created in the 1930s by United States censor Will Hays.[1] The list included actors, actresses, directors, and others in the film industry whose private lives were "contrary to public morals" and who as a result should not be employed by Hollywood studios. Inclusion on the list in the 1930s and 1940s was guaranteed to kill a person's film career: it meant instant unemployment and destroyed any possibility of working in the industry in the future. Homosexuality was one of the main reasons for inclusion in the Doom Book.
Notes
- ^ Russo, p. 45
References
- Russo, Vito (1987). The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies (revised edition). New York, HarperCollins. ISBN 0060961325.
Categories:- Cinema of the United States
- History of film
- 1930s in LGBT history
- LGBT history in California
- LGBT stubs
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