Lea Jacobs addresses this in her book The Wages of Sin wherein she did a lot of research especially on the communication between censors and Josef von Sternberg regarding BLONDE VENUS. This book was an extension of her Cinema Journal article "The Censorship of Blonde Venus: Textual Analysis and Historical Method." (Cinema Journal 27 Spring 1988) According to Jacobs, "These files, which have only recently become available for research, contain a variety of sources that yield distinct kinds of evidence concerning the evaluation of films and the negotiations between industry censors and producers" (22) This statement is referenced by an endnote which states, "The MPPDA Case Files, Special Collections, Herric Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Los Angeles, are organized by title beginning in 1928 and continuing until the early sixties" ("Censorship" 30 n.6) Jacobs continues by stating that the majority of files contain correspondence between directors and the MPPDA including requests for script changes, including statements that outline the objections censors have to the script and its actions. Hope this helps. Lisa :-) ======================================= "Discipline of mind and body is one of the most difficult things one has to acquire, but in the long run it is a valuable ingredient of education and a tremendous bulwark in time of trouble." --Eleanor Roosevelt ======================================= Lisa R. Barry Ph.D. Candidate (ABD) Graduate Instructor The Pennsylvania State University 234 Sparks Building University Park, PA 16802 [log in to unmask] http://www.personal.psu.edu/lrb7 ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu