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Birth Control
Birth Control
	Two page advertisement in the 30 March 1917 Variety
Written by	Margaret Sanger
Produced by	Margaret Sanger
Starring	Margaret Sanger
Production; company	B.S. Moss Motion Picture Corporation
Distributed by	Message Photo-Play Co.
Release date	April 1917;
Running time	5 reels
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

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Birth Control (also known as The New World) is a lost^[1] 1917 American documentary film produced by and starring Margaret Sanger and describing her family planning work. It was the first film banned under the 1915 ruling of the United States Supreme Court in Mutual Film Corporation v. Industrial Commission of Ohio,^[2] which held that the exhibition of films did not constitute free speech.^{[citation needed]}

The banning of Birth Control was upheld by the New York Court of Appeals on the grounds that a film on family planning may be censored "in the interest of morality, decency, and public safety and welfare."^[3]

References

^ American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:Birth Control
^ Mutual Film Corporation v. Industrial Commission of Ohio, 236 U.S. 230 (1915).
^ Message Photo-Play Co., Inc. V. Bell, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department. 179 App. Div. 13 (N.Y. App. Div. 1917).

External links

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[1] American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:Birth Control

[2] Mutual Film Corporation v. Industrial Commission of Ohio, 236 U.S. 230 (1915).

[3] Message Photo-Play Co., Inc. V. Bell, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department. 179 App. Div. 13 (N.Y. App. Div. 1917).

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-'''''Birth Control''''' (also known as '''''The New World''''') is a 1917 American documentary film produced by and starring [[Margaret Sanger]] and describing her [[family planning]] work. It was the first film banned under the 1915 ruling of the [[United States Supreme Court]] in ''[[Mutual Film Corporation v. Industrial Commission of Ohio]]'',<ref>{{cite court
+'''''Birth Control''''' (also known as '''''The New World''''') is a [[lost film|lost]]<ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3757/default.html American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:''Birth Control'']</ref> 1917 American documentary film produced by and starring [[Margaret Sanger]] and describing her [[family planning]] work. It was the first film banned under the 1915 ruling of the [[United States Supreme Court]] in ''[[Mutual Film Corporation v. Industrial Commission of Ohio]]'',<ref>{{cite court
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- |url=http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=236&invol=230}}</ref> which held that the exhibition of films did not constitute free speech.
+ |url=http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=236&invol=230}}</ref> which held that the exhibition of films did not constitute free speech.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}
 The banning of ''Birth Control'' was upheld by the [[New York Court of Appeals]] on the grounds that a film on [[family planning]] may be censored "in the interest of morality, decency, and public safety and welfare."<ref>[https://casetext.com/case/message-photo-play-co-inc-v-bell ''Message Photo-Play Co., Inc. V. Bell''], Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department. 179 App. Div. 13 (N.Y. App. Div. 1917).</ref>
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 ==See also==
 *[[Film censorship in the United States]]
+*[[List of lost films]]
 ==References==
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