The 1945 Film Daily Year Book of Motion Pictures (1945)
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Kansas City
Kansas City. Mo. — Guy Holmes. Chairman; 9t. Joseph, Mo. — Regina Garvey, Chairman; Springfleld — City Board of Censors of 10 members appointed by mayor.
Los Angeles
Pasadena, Cal. — Mrs. Aria Neale. Chairman: Glendale, Calif. — Mrs. A. L. Lathrop, Chairman: Long Beach, Calif, has censorship ordinance.
Memphis
Memphis, Tenn. — Lloyd T. Bindford, Chairman; North Little Rock, Ark. — Board consists of 12 members, one from each ward. Pine Bluff. Ark. — four members appointed by mayor; Knoxville, Tenn. — Committee of four to either endorse or prohibit pictures.
Milwaukee
Milwaukee. Wis. — Motion Picture Commission. Leroy Steller, President; Madison. Wis. — Mayor's censorship committee.
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City, Okla. — Mayor, local theater manager and clergyman.
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Omaha, Nebr. — Two women, three men appointed by mayor.
Portland
Portland, Ore. — Major Paul Hathaway, Chairman; Eugene, Ore.-Corvallis, Ore. — Police Dept. has authority to censor picture.
San Francisco
San Jose. Calif. — Mrs. Charles R. Williams, Chairman: Palo Alto. Calif. — Mrs. Warren A. Littlefield, Chairman: Sacramento, Calif. — Mrs. Josephine Haug, Chairman.
Seattle
Seattle, Wash. — Charles C. Crickmore, Chairman: Bellingham, Wash. — Chief of Police, Chairman. personnel changes monthly: Spokane, Wash. — Mn. O. W. Young, Chairman.
SUNDAY CLOSING REGULATIONS
Alabama
Legalized by local option. Sunday shows in Anniston, Ensley, Montgomery, Auburn. Demopolis, Dothan, Selma, Troy, Bessemer, Cullman, Jasper, iuscaloosa. Bill passed in 1937 legalizing Sunday shows in Jefferson County (Leeds, Tarrant, Birmingham). Sunday closing in Camden, Greenville. Linden, Livingstone, York. Attorney General ruled in 1942, Sunday films not prohibited in towns less than 15,000.
Arizona
No state legislation.
Arkansas
Legislature of 1931 passed law legalizing Sunday shows by local option. 1939 legislature passed bill legalizing Sunday motion pictures.
California
No state legislation against Sunday amusements.
Colorado
Legalized by local option — law on statute books interpreted as prohibiting Sunday shows, passed in 1871, but some years ago case was appealed to Supreme Court of State and decision rendered that law did not prevent operation of motion picture theaters on Sunday. No towns forbid shows by local ordinance, although some of smaller towns do not have Sunday shows.
Connecticut
Local option throughout the state. Hartford and Danbury do not allow Sunday matinees, but theaters open at five p.m. State passed bill in 1937 permitting theaters to remain open Sunday night until 11 p.m. instead of 10:30.
Delaware
Legislature defeated bill in 1937 for statewide Sunday films instead of local option. 1941 — Repealed Blue Laws — provides local option for Sunday movies between noon and 6 p.m. and from 8 p.m. until midnight on Sunday. Newark, by referendum 6-10-42, banned Sunday pictures.
District of Columbia
Theaters open on Sunday.
Legalized by local option Sunday shows.
Florida
All large towns have
Georgia
Does not permit motion pictures on Sunday. In spite of blue laws, however, Atlanta, Albany. Columbus, and Thomasville do show pictures. Savannah permits Sunday shows between 2 and 6 and after 9:30 p.m. Proceeds to charity; Marietta — Theaters open on Sunday from 1 to 7 p.m. and again at 8:45 p.m. to serve war plant workers and service men.
Idaho
State law prohibits Sunday shows, but upon signed petition of the majority of voters, presented to City Council, question is submitted to voters of community and popular vote governs action of council. Practically every sizeable town in state operates on Sunday.
Illinois
No state law legalizing or making illegal showing of pictures on Sunday. This is controlled by municipalities. No Sunday shows in Sparta and Waverly.
Indiana
Not legalized, but Sunday motion pictures are shown in every principal city in State. No Sunday shows in Oakland City.
Iowa
Legalized by local option.
Kansas
Has Sunday labor laws which include motion pictures for Sunday showing. Law has never been enforced and all towns operate except White Cloud, Smith Center, Lindsborg. Scott City, Clifton. Baldwin, Greenleaf, Lincoln, Jetmore, Spearville, Oskaloosa.
Kentucky
Bill legalizing Sunday performances passed 1934. The following have Sunday showings by local ordinance: Falmouth, Harrodsburg, Russell, Vanceburg, Williamsburg, Campbellsville, Livermore, Munfordsville, Beaver Dam, Columbia, Elizabethtown, Greenville, Hodgenville. State Court of Appeals in 1942 declared Sunday movies permitted by state law and no municipality can prohibit them.
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