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Re: Early censorship
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Gene Stavis <[log in to unmask]>
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Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 23 Jul 1995 15:09:09 -0700
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I'd like to include the ea rliest case of a film being banned known to man.
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The earliest I have heard of is the Edison "Fatima's Dance" (evidently NOT
the real title) which was released in two versions, one with the dance (a
kind of over-dressed belly dance) intact, and the other with a series of wide
horizontal lines drawn over the offending parts of her anatomy.
 
I can't trace the date of the film, although Edison began releasing "dance"
films in 1897 according to the Copyright Guide.
 
Gene Stavis, School of Visual Arts - NYC
 
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