| LC control no. | n 81117659 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | National Board of Review of Motion Pictures (U.S.) |
| Variant(s) | National Board of Review (U.S.) National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, New York |
| See also | National Board of Censorship of Motion Pictures (U.S.) |
| Beginning date | 1909 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | New York (N.Y.) |
| Address | 40 West 37th Street, Suite 501 New York New York United States 10018 nbr@nbrmp.org |
| Found in | Wikipedia, viewed March 17, 2015 (National Board of Review; the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures was founded in 1909 in New York City, just 13 years after the birth of cinema, to protest New York City Mayor George B. McClellan, Jr.'s revocation of moving-picture exhibition licenses on Christmas Eve 1908. The mayor believed that the new medium degraded the morals of community. To assert their constitutional freedom of expression, theatre owners led by Marcus Loew and film distributors (Edison, Biograph, PatheĢ and Gaumont) joined John Collier of The People's Institute at Cooper Union and established the New York Board of Motion Picture Censorship, which soon changed its name to the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures to avoid the taint of the word "censorship." Its stated purpose was to endorse films of merit and champion the new "art of the people," which was transforming America's cultural life. In an effort to avoid government censorship of films, the National Board became the unofficial clearinghouse for new movies. From 1916 into the 1950s thousands of motion pictures carried the legend "Passed by the National Board of Review" in their main titles. However, the Board was a de facto censorship organization. Producers submitted their films to the Board before making release prints; they agreed to cut out any footage that the Board found objectionable, up to and including destroying the entire film) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Board_of_Review> Official Web site, viewed March 17, 2015 (For over 104 years the National Board of Review has dedicated its efforts to the support of film, domestic and foreign, as both art and entertainment. Our nonprofit organization celebrates the distinctive voice of the individual artist, honoring excellence and supporting freedom of expression in film. The Board's core activities include fostering commentary on all aspects of film production, as well as underwriting educational film programs and seminars for film students) <http://www.nationalboardofreview.org/about/> |
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