I don't know if this would be helpful, but "Contested Culture" by Jane Gaines (1991) looks at the phenomenon of images as legal property. She looks at star contracts, etc., beginning with the 1884 supreme court decision about the authorship of a photo of Oscar Wilde. It doesn't focus specifically on the production code, but might be useful to you. Debbie Olson Central Washington University Dept. of English Ellensburg, WA. --- Timothy Shary <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello everyone-- > > I have a student doing legal/historical work > on the emergence of > the Production Code in the '30s. I have recommended > the Lea Jacobs and > Thomas Doherty books. Does anyone know of other > studies? Thanks-- > > Tim Shary > Clark University > > ---- > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]