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Geoffrey Shurlock

Name:

Geoffrey Shurlock

Role:

Associate Producer, foreign productions, Paramount Publix Corporation

Born:

1894

About

Associate producer, foreign productions, Paramount Publix Corporation, then member of the Studio Relations Committee of the AMPP., and after 1934 member of the Production Code Administration. He became Joseph Breen’s Deputy Director in ????, Acting Director during Breen’s period at RKO in 1941, and took over as Director of the pCA when Breen retired in 1954.

Linked Records

• Hays report on examining reasons for violations of Production Code - mistakes must be eliminated - public not interested...
• Zanuck wants to make a kidnapping story, Snatched, which is against industry policy. The MPPDA musters as much informat...
• Sending Hays a copy of Zanuck's letter detailing his proposed kidnapping story.
• Zanuck does have a kidnapping story he would like to film -- at this stage it is just an idea, there is no script. Kidna...
• Regarding reissues and the PCA -- PCA can only approve films that have had their titles cleared through the Title Bureau...