Film censorship in the United States

This scene from The Branding Iron (1920) was cut by the Pennsylvania film censorship board, which then banned the film for its topic of infidelity.[1]

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 government censorship, though statewide regulation lasted until at least the 1980s.

  1. ^ Smith, Frederick James (Oct 1922). "Foolish Censors". Photoplay. 22 (5). New York: 40. Retrieved Dec 3, 2013.