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In The Matter of The Franklin Film Manufacturing Corporation
No.66
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
253 Pa. 422; 98 A. 623; 1916 Pa. LEXIS 862
March 24, 1916, Argued April 17, 1916

PA State Board of Censors appeals to have a lower court’s reversal of Board’s decision to eliminate certain portions of “Virtue”, mentions Act of 15, May 1915 P.L. 534 that established Board of Censors and guidelines for censorship.

In trying to get Virtue approved to be shown in Philadelphia, the State Board of Censors wanted to remove several portions of the film. Franklin Film appealed to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, which reversed the censors. The Board then appealed to the state Supreme Court, which decided that, because the Board of Censors did not act arbitrarily, the portions should be removed. By D. Verbofsky

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In The Matter of the Goldwyn Distributing Corporation
No. 19
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
265 Pa. 335; 108 A. 816; 1919 Pa. LEXIS 552
May 20, 1919, Argued June 21, 1919

PA State Board of Censors appeals to have a lower court’s reversal of Board’s decision to eliminate certain portions of “The Brand”, mentions Act of 15, May 1915 P.L. 534 that established Board of Censors and guidelines for censorship. Goldwyn appealed to the Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia because the State Board of Censors to not approve the film “The Brand” for release in Philadelphia, saying that the film was moral and that the Censors were guilty of “arbitrary and oppressive abuse of discretion”. The Philadelphia court approved the film, so the Board of Censors appealed to the state Supreme Court. The PA Supreme court reversed the order, deferring to the initial decision of the Board, causing the film to not be approved. By D. Verbofsky

This article from the NY Times rips into the Pennsylvania State Board of Censors. It provides an outside view of the censorship to which films shown in Philadelphia were subject.  By D. Verbofsky

PA Board of Censors bans films that glorify crime. This blurb in the NY Times gives a view to an instance of large scale film banning in Pennsylvania/Philadelphia, perpetrated by the State Board of Censors.  By D. Verbofsky

PA State Board of Censors bans crime movies and prize fight films. This blurb in the NY Times gives a view to an instance of large scale film banning in Pennsylvania/Philadelphia, perpetrated by the State Board of Censors.  By D. Verbofsky

Samuel Goldwyn, of Goldwyn Distributing, submits to the NY Times examples of what the Pennsylvania State Board of Censors is doing to his films. Examples are illustrative of types of changes being made by Censors, and what kind of material they objected to being shown in Pennsylvania/Philadelphia. By D. Verbofsky