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A list of cuts made to films by the Chicago Board of Censors. Published in the Exhibitors Herald 1918

The Chicago Board of Censors was a film censorship committee based in Chicago that was founded in 1907[1][2] and was active well into the late 20th century.[3] It was the first film censorship board in the United States.[4][5] The board had great influence over the editing and distribution of many films.[6]

References

  1. ^ "New Book Traces History of Cinema's Censorship". WTTW News. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  2. ^ "Film Censorship". www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  3. ^ Benzkofer, Stephan. "When a Chicago police censor ruled over films with an iron fist". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  4. ^ Staff, NCAC. "A Brief History of Film Censorship". National Coalition Against Censorship. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
  5. ^ www.aclu.org https://www.aclu.org/files/multimedia/censorshiptimeline.html. Retrieved 2019-12-17. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ Doherty, Thomas; Doherty, Thomas Patrick (February 2009). Hollywood's Censor: Joseph I. Breen and the Production Code Administration. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-14359-2.


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