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BD. OF CENSORS v. TIMES FILM

[No. 108, October Term, 1956.]

212 Md. 454 (1957)

129 A.2d 833

MARYLAND STATE BOARD OF CENSORS v. TIMES FILM CORPORATION

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 7, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman P. Ramsey, Deputy Attorney General, with whom was C. Ferdinand Sybert, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellant.

David Ross and Felix J. Bilgrey, with whom were Ober, Williams, Grimes & Stinson, and Bilgrey & Levinson, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before BRUNE, C.J., and COLLINS, HENDERSON, HAMMOND and PRESCOTT, JJ.

HAMMOND, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

On the ground that their inclusion made the moving picture "Naked Amazon" obscene, the Maryland State Board of Censors ordered deleted from the picture all scenes showing bodies below the waist of the Camayura Indians, who live in the jungles of Brazil, entirely unclothed. On appeal to the Baltimore City Court by the producer, Judge Byrnes reversed the Board, which in turn duly appealed to this Court.

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