Title: Freedom of the screen : legal challenges to state film censorship, 1915-1981 /
Authors: Wittern-Keller, Laura, 1951-
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Motion pictures Censorship United States History; Motion pictures Law and legislation United States; Motion picture industry Law and legislation United States
Contents: Introduction -- The origins of governmental film censorship, 1907-1923 -- The courts provide no relief, 1909-1927 -- Hollywood and the Legion of Decency, 1922-1934 -- Early challenges to state censors, 1927-1940 -- The first amendment resurfaces, 1946-1950 -- The strange case of The miracle, 1950-1952 -- La Ronde, 1951-1954 -- The tide turns against the censors, 1953-1957 -- The seventh case in seven years, 1957-1959 -- The curtain coming down, 1957-1964 -- Fight for freedom of the screen, 1962-1965 -- Denouement, 1965-1981 -- Conclusion.