03322nam 2200649 a 450 991077837930332120200520144314.00-8131-3840-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(MdBmJHUP)muse13808(Au-PeEL)EBL792214(CaPaEBR)ebr10495367(CaONFJC)MIL323318(MiAaPQ)EBC792214(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 StatesMotion picturesCensorshipHistory.Motion picturesLaw and legislationMotion picture industryLaw and legislation344.7305/31Wittern-Keller Laura1951-1575727MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778379303321Freedom of the screen3852904UNINA