----------------------------- Begin Original Text ----------------------------- I'd like to include the ea rliest case of a film being banned known to man. ----------------------------- End Original Text ----------------------------- 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 ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]