New York Board of Motion Picture Censorship

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The New York Board of Motion Picture Censorship was an early 20th-century American organization that reviewed and regulated films for content before evolving into the National Board of Review.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film censorship organization
non-governmental organization
activity issuing approvals for films
recommending cuts to films
regulating film content
reviewing films
aim providing a centralized film review body
standardizing film content review
alsoKnownAs New York Board of Censorship NERFINISHED
basedIn Manhattan NERFINISHED
concernedWith crime depiction in films
profanity in films
sexual content in films
violence in films
country United States of America
evolvedInto National Board of Review NERFINISHED
field film censorship
film regulation
motion pictures
focus moral standards in films
protecting audiences from objectionable content
public decency in films
followedBy National Board of Review NERFINISHED
hasSuccessor National Board of Review NERFINISHED
historicalRole precursor to national self-regulation of films in the U.S.
industry film industry
influenced early American film censorship practices
later national film review standards
jurisdiction United States film exhibitors who sought its approval
languageOfWork English
locatedIn New York NERFINISHED
New York City
method issuing recommendations to producers and exhibitors
pre-release screening of films
nonGovernmental true
operatedIn New York NERFINISHED
partOf early American motion picture reform movement
precededBy informal local film censorship practices
regulates film content for moral acceptability
motion pictures shown to the public
scope review of motion pictures before public exhibition
subjectOf studies of early American film censorship
timePeriod early 20th century
typeOfOrganization private review board

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National Board of Review formerName New York Board of Motion Picture Censorship