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In The Matter of The Franklin Film Manufacturing Corporation
No.66
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
253 Pa. 422; 98 A. 623; 1916 Pa. LEXIS 862
March 24, 1916, Argued April 17, 1916

PA State Board of Censors appeals to have a lower court’s reversal of Board’s decision to eliminate certain portions of “Virtue”, mentions Act of 15, May 1915 P.L. 534 that established Board of Censors and guidelines for censorship.

In trying to get Virtue approved to be shown in Philadelphia, the State Board of Censors wanted to remove several portions of the film. Franklin Film appealed to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, which reversed the censors. The Board then appealed to the state Supreme Court, which decided that, because the Board of Censors did not act arbitrarily, the portions should be removed. By D. Verbofsky