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Birth Control (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Birth Control' (also known as 'The New World') is a lost[http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3757/default.html American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:'Birth Control'] 1917 American documentary film produced by and starring Margaret Sanger and describing her family planning work. It was the first film banned under the 1915 ruling of the United States Supreme Court in 'Mutual Film Corporation v. Industrial Commission of Ohio', which held that the exhibition of films did not constitute free speech.
The banning of 'Birth Control' was upheld by the New York Court of Appeals on the grounds that a film on family planning may be censored "in the interest of morality, decency, and public safety and welfare."[https://casetext.com/case/message-photo-play-co-inc-v-bell 'Message Photo-Play Co., Inc. V. Bell'], Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department. 179 App. Div. 13 (N.Y. App. Div. 1917).
See also
*Film censorship in the United States
*List of lost films
References
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