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Banned because it casts the Israeli actress Gal Gadot. [303] 2017 Jungle: Banned because it tells the true story of a former Israeli navy serviceman. [304] [305] 2018 The Nun: Banned because it is "offensive to Christianity". [306] 2022 Death on the Nile: Banned because it casts the Israeli actress Gal Gadot. [274] 2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru
Banned during the Hays Office Code for the obscene nature in these films, [1] despite them only shown in private parties. All Charlie Chaplin films: 1914-1952 1940s-1956 Memphis, Tennessee's longtime board chief Lloyd T. Binford had a strong history of banning every single Charlie Chaplin movie due to his objection to the popular actor's ...
Eddie Darrow (Tony Curtis) works for American gangster Barney Pendleton, who sends him to Macao to find a woman, Christine Lawrence, and bring her back to the United States.
Salt of the Earth is a 1954 American film drama written by Michael Wilson, directed by Herbert J. Biberman, and produced by Paul Jarrico.Because all three men were blacklisted by the Hollywood establishment due to their alleged involvement in communist politics, [1] Salt of the Earth was one of the first fully independent films made outside of the Hollywood studio system.
The Wild One is a 1953 American crime film directed by László Benedek and produced by Stanley Kramer.The picture is most noted for the character of Johnny Strabler, portrayed by Marlon Brando, whose persona became a cultural icon of the 1950s.
Anti-film censorship cartoon published in The Film Mercury magazine, circa 1926. Public outcry over perceived immorality in Hollywood and the movies, as well as the growing number of city and state censorship boards, led the movie studios to fear that federal regulations were not far off; so they created, in 1922, the Motion Pictures Producers and Distributors Association (which became the ...
The following is a list of American films released in 1953. Donald O'Connor and Fredric March cohosted the 26th Academy Awards ceremony on March 25, 1954, held at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. This was the second year in which the ceremony was telecast, with viewership at an estimated 43,000,000.
The accompanying booklet explains the reasoning behind this choice: "In 1953, Columbia Pictures was transitioning to the new widescreen format and declared that all its upcoming films, including On The Waterfront, would be suitable for projection in any aspect ratio from the full frame of 1.33:1 to the then widest standard of 1.85:1.