The Chicago Board of Censors was a
film censorship
Film censorship is carried out by various countries to differing degrees, sometimes as a result of powerful or relentless lobbying by organizations or individuals. Films that are banned in a particular country change over time.
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committee based in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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that was founded in 1907
as the Police Censor Board, and operated until 1984.
It was the first film censorship board in the United States.
The board had great influence over the editing and distribution of many films.
The city's censorship code was directly challenged and upheld by two U.S. Supreme Court cases called ''
Times Film Corporation v. City of Chicago'', one in 1957 and one in 1961. Soon thereafter, other Supreme Court decisions in the 1960s (especially ''
Freedman v. Maryland'' in 1965) reversed this holding and rendered municipal censorship laws largely ineffectual.
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Film censorship in the United States
Film censorship in the United States was a frequent feature of the industry almost from the beginning of the U.S. motion picture industry until the end of strong self-regulation in 1966. Court rulings in the 1950s and 1960s severely constrained g ...
References
Film censorship in the United States
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