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UNINA9910452145203321 |
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Wittern-Keller Laura <1951-> |
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Freedom of the screen [[electronic resource] ] : legal challenges to state film censorship, 1915-1981 / / Laura Wittern-Keller |
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Lexington, Ky., : University Press of Kentucky, c2008 |
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0-8131-3840-X |
0-8131-3490-0 |
1-283-23318-5 |
9786613233189 |
0-8131-7264-0 |
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1 online resource (369 p.) |
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Motion pictures - Censorship - United States - History |
Motion pictures - Law and legislation - United States |
Motion picture industry - Law and legislation - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-341) and index. |
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Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Origins of Governmental Film Censorship, 1907-1923; 2. The Courts Provide No Relief, 1909-1927; 3. Hollywood and the Legion of Decency, 1922-1934; 4. Early Challenges to State Censors, 1927-1940; 5. The First Amendment Resurfaces, 1946-1950; 6. The Strange Case of The Miracle, 1950-1952; 7. La Ronde, 1951-1954; 8. The Tide Turns against the Censors, 1953-1957; 9. The Seventh Case in Seven Years, 1957-1959; 10. The Curtain Coming Down, 1957-1964; 11. Fight for Freedom of the Screen, 1962-1965 |
12. Denouement, 1965-1981Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
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Between 1907 and 1980, many state and local governments empowered motion picture censor boards with the legal authority to keep any movie they considered obscene, indecent, or harmful from being shown. Although the mainstream American film industry accepted the form of censorship known as ""prior restraint,"" the |
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independent distributors and exhibitors challenged the government censors in court. In Freedom of the Screen, Laura Wittern-Keller tells the story of those who fought prior restraint on movies. By drawing attention to this inequity -- film was the only medium so constricted by the |
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UNICAMPANIAVAN0261499 |
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Wörz-Busekros, Angelika |
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Algebras in Genetics / Angelika Wörz-Busekros |
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UNIORUON00164878 |
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PIANA, Giannino |
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Bioetica : alla ricerca di nuovi modelli / Giannino Piana |
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