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In The Matter of the Goldwyn Distributing Corporation
No. 19
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
265 Pa. 335; 108 A. 816; 1919 Pa. LEXIS 552
May 20, 1919, Argued June 21, 1919

PA State Board of Censors appeals to have a lower court’s reversal of Board’s decision to eliminate certain portions of “The Brand”, mentions Act of 15, May 1915 P.L. 534 that established Board of Censors and guidelines for censorship. Goldwyn appealed to the Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia because the State Board of Censors to not approve the film “The Brand” for release in Philadelphia, saying that the film was moral and that the Censors were guilty of “arbitrary and oppressive abuse of discretion”. The Philadelphia court approved the film, so the Board of Censors appealed to the state Supreme Court. The PA Supreme court reversed the order, deferring to the initial decision of the Board, causing the film to not be approved. By D. Verbofsky