{"product_id":"monitoring-the-movies-jennifer-fronc-9781477313930","title":"Monitoring the Movies: The Fight Over Film Censorship in Early Twentieth-Century Urban America","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs movies took the country by storm in the early twentieth century, Americans argued fiercely about whether municipal or state authorities should step in to control what people could watch when they went to movie theaters, which seemed to be springing up on every corner. Many who opposed the governmental regulation of film conceded that some entity--boards populated by trusted civic leaders, for example--needed to safeguard the public good. The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures (NB), a civic group founded in New York City in 1909, emerged as a national cultural chaperon well suited to protect this emerging form of expression from state incursions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing the National Board's extensive files, \u003ci\u003eMonitoring the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e offers the first full-length study of the NB and its campaign against motion-picture censorship. Jennifer Fronc traces the NB's Progressive-era founding in New York; its evolving set of \"standards\" for directors, producers, municipal officers, and citizens; its \"city plan,\" which called on citizens to report screenings of condemned movies to local officials; and the spread of the NB's influence into the urban South. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eMonitoring the Movies\u003c\/i\u003e shows how Americans grappled with the issues that arose alongside the powerful new medium of film: the extent of the right to produce and consume images and the proper scope of government control over what citizens can see and show.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Fronc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477313931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477313930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2018","brand":"Jennifer Fronc","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985709891839,"sku":"9781477313930","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8d07ca3a-bff7-401c-b1ad-eacf5a767f16.jpg?v=1683279108","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/monitoring-the-movies-jennifer-fronc-9781477313930","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}