LEADER 03356nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910452145203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-3840-X 010 $a0-8131-3490-0 010 $a1-283-23318-5 010 $a9786613233189 010 $a0-8131-7264-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000479907 035 $a(EBL)792214 035 $a(OCoLC)190963965 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000158214 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11137488 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000158214 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10145802 035 $a(PQKB)11110590 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000038482 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC792214 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse13808 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL792214 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10495367 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL323318 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000479907 100 $a20070913d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFreedom of the screen$b[electronic resource] $elegal challenges to state film censorship, 1915-1981 /$fLaura Wittern-Keller 210 $aLexington, Ky. $cUniversity Press of Kentucky$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (369 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8131-2451-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 331-341) and index. 327 $aFront 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 327 $a12. Denouement, 1965-1981Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index 330 $aBetween 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 606 $aMotion pictures$xCensorship$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aMotion pictures$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 606 $aMotion picture industry$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMotion pictures$xCensorship$xHistory. 615 0$aMotion pictures$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aMotion picture industry$xLaw and legislation 676 $a344.7305/31 700 $aWittern-Keller$b Laura$f1951-$01029311 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452145203321 996 $aFreedom of the screen$92445638 997 $aUNINA