You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
RE: Tarzan of the Apes: A Nation, and a City's, Response to the First Tarzan Film
What a fun post! I'm fascinated by the idea that individual states would decide how and whether to censor films... Do you know if it was more common for states to cut scenes like Illinois or leave the film whole like Pennsylvania?
Thanks, Charlie! I'm not entirely sure. I bet it depended on who was on each individual board. I do know that stricter national censorship standards only grew serious after sound was introduced to movies. Audio provided plenty of new opportunities for innuendo. This leads me to believe that earlier silent films were often left uncut.