Thomas Doher­ty is a pro­fes­sor of Amer­i­can Stud­ies at Bran­deis Uni­ver­si­ty. His pre­vi­ous books include Pre-Code Hol­ly­wood: Sex, Immoral­i­ty, and Insur­rec­tion in Amer­i­can Cin­e­ma, 1930 – 1934, Cold War, Cool Medi­um: Tele­vi­sion, McCarthy­ism, and Amer­i­can Cul­ture, and Hol­ly­wood’s Cen­sor: Joseph I. Breen and the Pro­duc­tion Code Admin­is­tra­tion. He lives with his wife San­dra in Salem, Massachusetts.