<description>&lt;p&gt;On the afternoon of July 11, 1953, the Chairman of the Maryland Board of Movie Censors emerged from the viewing room, the fifth floor of the Equitable Building on Calvert Street, and made an announcement that shook the town: the Board would not allow the movie &amp;ldquo;The Moon Is Blue&amp;rdquo; to be shown. What happened next was historic.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Gil Sandler's Baltimore Stories

WYPR Baltimore

The Moon Is Blue 2021-02-12

FEB 12, 20212 MIN
Gil Sandler's Baltimore Stories

The Moon Is Blue 2021-02-12

FEB 12, 20212 MIN

Description

On the afternoon of July 11, 1953, the Chairman of the Maryland Board of Movie Censors emerged from the viewing room, the fifth floor of the Equitable Building on Calvert Street, and made an announcement that shook the town: the Board would not allow the movie “The Moon Is Blue” to be shown. What happened next was historic.

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