Pennsylvania State Board of Censors
The Pennsylvania State Board of Censors was an organization under the Pennsylvania Department of Education responsible for approving, redacting, or banning motion pictures which it considered "sacrilegious, obscene, indecent, or immoral", or which might pervert morals.
Organization
The board was composed of three members, which were appointed by the Governor of Pennsylvania.
Destruction
In 1956 the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled the act which created and provided for the board was unconstitutional, with respect to the Pennsylvania Constitution, and so revoked the mandate for the board's existence.
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This scene from The Branding Iron (1920) was cut by the Pennsylvania board, which then banned the film for its topic of infidelity.[1]
See also
- British Board of Film Censors
- Film censorship in the United States
- Indian Film Censor Board
- List of Pennsylvania state agencies
- Maryland State Board of Censors
References
- ↑ Smith, Frederick James (Oct 1922). "Foolish Censors". Photoplay (New York) 22 (5): 40. Retrieved Dec 3, 2013.
External links
- Page on the Department of Education from the State Archives
- The Public Domain film which the above image came from
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