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Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Series II. Hughes Productions, 1920 to 1992, 1927 to 1979
The Outlaw, 1940 to 1975, 1940 to 1958
Censorship records for The Outlaw

Censorship records for The Outlaw

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Collection Number: MS-01036
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
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The Outlaw censorship posters, approximately 1940 to 1946
Exhibition permits, licenses, and correspondence from censorship boards: Domestic, 1941 to 1948
Poster boards featuring newspaper and magazine clippings highlighting Hollywood celebrity clothing and poses, 1937 to 1943
Lists of locations and dates for successful The Outlaw screenings, newspaper clippings with reviews and reactions, and exhibits for New York state censorship boards, 1941 May 23 to 1947 August 10
Approved certificate of censorship from the State of Ohio Department of Education, Division of Film Censorship, enlarged photocopy, 1942 to 1946
Al Lodwick and George Z. Medalie, correspondence on legal representation, 1942 January 30 to 1972 April 16
The Outlaw censorship cuts approved by Howard Hughes and Hughes Tool Company court filings, 1942 March 14 to 1947 September 19
Correspondence and legal forms detailing film cuts and controversial scenes: photographic negatives, 1942 March 27 to 1947 November 06
Correspondence, reports, court transcripts, newspaper clippings, licenses, and permits for The Outlaw censorship and screening, 1942 March 27 to 1948 February 28
State of Ohio Department of Education, correspondence on approvals and suggested eliminations, 1942 November 27 to 1948 December 28
Newspaper and magazine clippings of sexual advertising in the United States, 1945 January 03 to 1946 August 17
Legion of Decency complaint and Howard Hughes' rebuttal, 1943 May 13 to 1949 November 22
Russell Birdwell and Associates press release statements addressing San Francisco, California police stopping a screening of The Outlaw, and the Motion Picture Association of America censorship, 1945 November 15 to 1946 April 24
United Artists Corporation to Harry L. Gold on ban of The Outlaw in Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, Panama Canal Zone, and Trinidad (Trinidad and Tobago), approximately 1946 to 1947
State of New York Education Department Motion Picture Division, objects to screenings, 1946 to 1947
New York, Syracuse, and Rochester, New York reaction and Benjamin Fielding petition against The Outlaw, 1946 to 1947
Motion Picture Producers & Distributors of America, Incorporated, approval and rejection of advertisements, 1946 February 14 to 1953 September 25
The Outlaw censorship in the United States, newspaper and magazine clippings, 1946 February 23 to 1948 May 28
Hughes Tool Company and Motion Picture Association of America, Incorporated court filing, 1946 March 16 to 1950 January 21
The Outlaw censorship in the United States, newspaper and magazine clippings labeled "first attack by Johnson", 1946 April 12 to 1946 November 25
Howard Hughes press release statement discussing his dispute with the Motion Picture Association of America, 1946 April 22
Howard Hughes lawsuit against the Motion Picture Association of America regarding The Outlaw censorship, 1946 April 25 to 1947 February 06
Court transcript, correspondence, and newspaper clippings contesting The Outlaw censorship: photographic negatives, 1946 May 07 to 1947 September 18
Inter-office communications, approval, and censorship issues, 1946 May 08 to 1950 January 19
The Outlaw newspaper clippings on censorship in San Francisco, California, and a press release for The Outlaw and The French Line, 1946 May 17 to 1954 January 13
Howard Hughes articles related to his personal and professional life and The Outlaw censorship dispute, 1946 June 04 to 1947 February 11
The Outlaw cuts and approvals, includes advertising used for the Capitol Theatre, Manila, Philippines, 1947 January 17 to 1947 September 29
Affidavits, evidence, and correspondence regarding Hughes Tool Company v. Benjamin Fielding, Commissioner of Licenses, City of New York, New York, 1947 February 07 to 1948 March 08
Correspondence and permits regarding The Outlaw showing in the Philippines, 1947 September
Edward M. Schnitzer and Harry L. Gold regarding The Outlaw censorship cuts and reports of film censorship in 1947, Canada, 1947 September 08 to 1948 July 10
Harry L. Gold, Legion of Decency scene cuts and press releases, 1948 January 08
Foreign Commerce Weekly magazine clippings featuring report on film exhibitions and censorship, Norway, 1948 August 07
Reports and analyses of censorship per state in the United States, 1949 to 1950
Collier's magazine article "You Can't See That Movie" by Lester Velie, 1950 May 06

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