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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Fronc, Jennifer (1974-....)
Titre(s) : Monitoring the movies [Texte imprimé] : the fight over film censorship in early twentieth-century urban America / Jennifer Fronc
Édition : First edition
Publication : Austin, [Texas] : University of Texas press, copyright 2017
Description matérielle : viii, 202 pages : ill. ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-191) and index
"As movies took the country by storm in the early twentieth century, Americans argued
fiercely about whether municipal or state authorities should step in to control what
people could watch when they went to movie theaters, which seemed to be springing
up on every corner. Many who opposed the governmental regulation of film conceded
that some entity--boards populated by trusted civic leaders, for example--needed to
safeguard the public good. The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures (NB), a
civic group founded in New York City in 1909, emerged as a national cultural chaperon
well suited to protect this emerging form of expression from state incursions. Using
the National Board's extensive files, Monitoring the Movies offers the first full-length
study of the NB and its campaign against motion-picture censorship. Jennifer Fronc
traces the NB's Progressive-era founding in New York; its evolving set of 'standards'
for directors, producers, municipal officers, and citizens; its 'city plan,' which
called on citizens to report screenings of condemned movies to local officials; and
the spread of the NB's influence into the urban South. Ultimately, Monitoring the
Movies shows how Americans grappled with the issues that arose alongside the powerful
new medium of film: the extent of the right to produce and consume images and the
proper scope of government control over what citizens can see and show"--The publisher
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Fight over film censorship in early twentieth-century urban
America
Sujet(s) : Censure cinématographique -- États-Unis -- Histoire
Communes -- Censure -- États-Unis
National board of review of motion pictures -- 1900-1945
Indice(s) Dewey :
363.310 973 (23e éd.) = Censure - États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781477313794. - ISBN 1477313796. - ISBN 9781477313930. - ISBN 1477313931. -
ISBN 9781477313947 (erroné). - ISBN 9781477313954 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45535667s
Notice n° :
FRBNF45535667
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction: The origins of the anticensorship movement ; The lesser of two evils
: debating motion picture censorship, 1907-1912 ; "Critical and constructive" : the
National Board's standards and city plan for voluntary motion picture review, 1912-1916
; "An historical presentation" : the birth of a nation and the city plan, 1909-1917
; "Is any girl safe?" : White slave traffic films and the geography of censorship,
1914-1917 ; "Whether you like pictures or not" : the general federation of women's
clubs and state censorship legislation, 1916-1920 ; Southern enterprises : building
better films committees in the urban south, 1921-1924 ; Conclusion: Censorship and
the age of self-regulation, 1924-1968 ; Appendix: A partial list of cities cooperating
with the National Board of Review, 1918.
