 | John Seiler Brubacher - 1971 - 364 pages
...to First Amendment protection, the Court said . . . that moving pictures affect public attitudes in ways "ranging from direct espousal of a political...shaping of thought which characterizes all artistic expression." However, this statement in itself recognizes that there are degrees of speech. (1,2) There... | |
 | Margaret A. Blanchard - 1992 - 591 pages
...the state ruling and ordered that the film be shown without interference.144 The Court now found that "it cannot be doubted that motion pictures are a significant medium for the communication of ideas," said Justice Tom C. Clark, writing for the Court. Movies "may affect public attitudes and behavior... | |
 | William W. Van Alstyne - 1993 - 452 pages
...speech and press guaranty of the First and Fourteenth Amendments."9 In so holding, the Court explained: It cannot be doubted that motion pictures are a significant...public attitudes and behavior in a variety of ways, varying from direct espousal of a political or social doctrine to the subtle 2. See, for example, Zechariah... | |
 | Carl Wellman - 1995 - 288 pages
...publication, they later ruled otherwise. In Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson the Supreme Court opined: It cannot be doubted that motion pictures are a significant...a variety of ways, ranging from direct espousal of political or social doctrine to the subtle shaping of thought which characterizes all artistic expression.... | |
 | Gregory D. Black - 1998 - 332 pages
...or 'the press.'" Clark looked at each element of Mutual v. Ohio. "It cannot be doubted," he wrote, "that motion pictures are a significant medium for the communication of ideas." Their ability to communicate ideas "is not lessened by the fact that they are designed to entertain... | |
 | Matthew Bernstein - 1999 - 308 pages
...the city of Atlanta. In the Miracle case the Court could proceed more cautiously in affirming only that "motion pictures are a significant medium for the communication of ideas" 20 and should be "included within the free speech and free press guaranty of the First and Fourteenth... | |
 | Terry Eastland - 2000 - 446 pages
...which the First Amendment, through the Fourteenth, secures to any form of "speech" or "the press." It cannot be doubted that motion pictures are a significant...shaping of thought which characterizes all artistic expression. The importance of motion pictures as an organ of public opinion is not lessened by the... | |
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It cannot be doubted that motion pictures are a significant medium for the communication of ideas. They may affect public attitudes and behavior in a variety of ways, ranging from direct espousal of a political or social doctrine to the subtle shaping... 
