03356nam 2200661 a 450 991045214520332120200520144314.00-8131-3840-X0-8131-3490-01-283-23318-597866132331890-8131-7264-0(CKB)1000000000479907(EBL)792214(OCoLC)190963965(SSID)ssj0000158214(PQKBManifestationID)11137488(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000158214(PQKBWorkID)10145802(PQKB)11110590(StDuBDS)EDZ0000038482(MiAaPQ)EBC792214(MdBmJHUP)muse13808(Au-PeEL)EBL792214(CaPaEBR)ebr10495367(CaONFJC)MIL323318(EXLCZ)99100000000047990720070913d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFreedom of the screen[electronic resource] legal challenges to state film censorship, 1915-1981 /Laura Wittern-KellerLexington, Ky. University Press of Kentuckyc20081 online resource (369 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8131-2451-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-341) and index.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, 1962-196512. Denouement, 1965-1981Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; IndexBetween 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 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 Motion picturesCensorshipUnited StatesHistoryMotion picturesLaw and legislationUnited StatesMotion picture industryLaw and legislationUnited StatesElectronic books.Motion picturesCensorshipHistory.Motion picturesLaw and legislationMotion picture industryLaw and legislation344.7305/31Wittern-Keller Laura1951-1029311MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452145203321Freedom of the screen2445638UNINA