Banned in Kansas: Motion Picture Censorship, 1915-1966

Banned in Kansas......Page 3
Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 16
One Progressivism and the New Medium of Film......Page 20
Two Kansas and the Fight over Motion Picture Censorship......Page 43
Three “We Can Hardly Make Any Definite Rules” The Difficulty of Censorship as Practice, 1915......Page 71
Four The Birth of a Nation and Kansas......Page 97
Five The Battle Lines Are Drawn, 1916–1917......Page 120
Six World War I and the Struggle against Sin, 1917–1919......Page 142
Seven The Roaring Twenties, 1920–1927......Page 165
Eight The Challenge of Sound, 1928–1934......Page 201
Nine An Age of Maturity? 1934–1948......Page 229
Ten The Moon Is Blue over Kansas, 1948–1954......Page 256
Eleven Jane Russell, Brigitte Bardot, and Ephraim London as the Enemy, 1954–1959......Page 282
Twelve The Final Years of Film Censorship, 1960–1966......Page 310
Conclusion......Page 336
Appendix Eliminations Made in Frankenstein (Universal) 8 Reels, Star: Colin Clive......Page 340
Bibliography......Page 344
Index......Page 354