ENGL 302
Spring 2008
 

Quiz on Hollywood Censored, pp. 3-46 (restricting entertainment and the Hays office) and the Mutual Case.  Answer four of the following questions including as much detail as you can remember.  Make sure you cover the larger issues involved. 

1. What was the background for the Black v. Chicago ruling?  How did the court rule?  What claims did the court make about the representation of crime in film? 
   
   
   
    
2. What was the National Board of Review?  Why did it fail to satisfy many local censorship groups? 
   
   
   
    
3. What was the background for the Mutual Film Company v. The Industrial Commission of Ohio ruling?  How did the Court rule?  What assumptions about film did the court make and on what grounds did the judges distinguish film from newspaper and other vehicles of opinion and ideas? 
   
   
   
    
4. How did the film industry change in the 1920s? 
   
   
   
    
5. Describe the relationship between the Hay's Office and the Film industry?  Why was the Hay's Office created?  What was its relationship to local censorship boards and the Catholic Church?