• Censorship by Sharpie

  • Dec 28 2023
  • Length: 32 mins
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Censorship by Sharpie

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  • Did you know DIY censorship was practiced by those outside the film censor’s office. Even after official censors vetted publicity material, some film posters showed too much skin, especially male arms and legs.

     

    Liam O’Leary collected this material

     

    Kevin Rockett Irish Film Censorship: a cultural journey from silent cinema to internet pornography (2004)

     

    Doctored film posters can be seen here

     

    Original, undoctored film posters:

    The Virgin Soldiers (1969) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065182/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

    The Hustler (1961) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054997/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_8_nm_0_q_the%2520hust

    Lovers and Other Strangers (1970) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066016/

    From Here to Eternity (1953) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045793/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_from%2520here

    The Chastity Belt/On My Way To The Crusades I Met A Girl Who (1967) https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0064167/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2_tt_4_nm_4_q_chastity%2520belt

    A Cold Wind in August (1961) https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0054755/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


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