Headline
Film Banned: Police and a Crime and Crook Picture
Newspaper Source
Publication Date
1922-10-14
- Publication Year
1922
Page
8
Key Person
Film Projector / Film(s)
Blindfolded
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Actors
Bessie Barriscale
Director
Raymond B. West
Writer
Richard Schayer (story)
Country
USA
Released
1918-04-15
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
Patrick "The Ear" Muldoon, a professional safecracker, passes on his skills to his daughter Peggy. However, after reading Ralph Waldo Emerson's books, Peggy decides to forego a life of ...
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Summary
After a special exhibition of the film 'Blindfolded,' Sir Robert Peacock, and members of the Manchester Watch Committee decided to ban the film for exhibition in the city. It was passed by the National Board of Film Censors in London. The kinema licences prohibited 'any film which would encourage or incite to crime or likely to educate the public in the wrong direction.'
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