The Miracle case : film censorship and the Supreme Court

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Label

The Miracle case : film censorship and the Supreme Court

Title remainder

film censorship and the Supreme Court

Statement of responsibility

Laura Wittern-Keller and Raymond J. Haberski Jr

Creator

• Wittern-Keller, Laura, 1951-

Contributor

• Haberski, Raymond J., 1968-

Subject

• Miracolo (Motion picture)
• Motion pictures -- Censorship -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Cases
• Joseph Burstyn, Inc. -- Trials, litigation, etc

Genre

• Cases

Language

eng

Summary

Although initially approved by state censors for screening in New York, Roberto Rossellini's Il Miracolo (The Miracle)--about a demented peasant woman who is seduced by a stranger she believes to be Saint Joseph--was attacked as sacrilegious by the Catholic establishment, which convinced state officials to revoke distributor Burstyn's license. In response, Burstyn fought back through the courts and won. The Supreme Court's unanimous 1952 ruling in Burstyn's favor sparked a chain of litigation that eventually brought filmmaking under the protective umbrella of the First Amendment

Member of

• Landmark law cases & American society

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

344.7305/31

Index

index present

LC call number

KF4300

LC item number

.W58 2008

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• bibliography
• legal cases and notes

Series statement

Landmark law cases & American society