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Both films (including the 1945 reissue of Dead End) were banned in Memphis by Lloyd T. Binford and his censors due to both features being conducive to crime. [33] [34] The Southerner: 1945 1945 Banned in Memphis by censors due to the film being reported as "giving the nation the wrong idea about the South". [33] [35] [34] Scarlet Street: 1945 1946
While Binford’s bans may have kept certain films from being shown in Memphis, some publicists used his negative reviews as promotional material for their film. [19] For example, his review of Son of Sinbad drove people to travel to different cities to see the film because he stated it included “one of the vilest dances I ever saw” and noted “The dancer was almost naked, wearing only a ...
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.
A censorship board in Memphis, Tennessee, banned Monsieur Verdoux outright. [9] At one press conference to promote the film, Chaplin invited questions from the press with the words "Proceed with the butchering". [10] Richard Coe in The Washington Post lauded Monsieur Verdoux, calling it "a bold, brilliant and bitterly amusing film". [11]
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The 27th annual Indie Memphis Film Festival is set to run Nov. 14-17 at Crosstown Theater and the Studio on the Square, with encore screenings Nov. 18-19.. A trivia contest, parties, film ...
A 37-year-old Memphis woman who is banned from every Walmart store in the US, was arrested Feb. 10 for an alleged self-checkout scam.
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