Film – CENSORED

December 22, 2023

S10 E10 Censorship by Sharpie (Film season)

Poster advertising the film 'The Virgin Soldiers' from 1969. Shows a bare-chested man holding a rifle running. His legs have been coloured in by a blue sharpie/marker

Film posters that were doctored by a mysterious, unofficial censor. Check out IMDb for originals.

Poster for 1961 film The Hustler. Couple embracing have had clothing drawn onto their bodies.

Poster for 1970 film 'Lovers And Other Strangers'. A line of text from the strap line has been crudely inked over in black.

Poster for 1953 film 'From Here to Eternity'. Reclining Burt Lancaster has been covered up with black ink.

Poster for 1967 film 'The Chastity Belt'. A black dress has been drawn onto the woman's figure and she holds a strange-shaped, indeterminate item in her hand - drawn onto the original poster.

Poster for 1961 film A Cold Wind in August. A female figure standing in the centre wears a blue floor-length dress that has been drawn onto the original artwork.

October 14, 2020November 22, 2020

S3 E5 Unzipped! Collins, ‘The Stud’ (1969)

This is a silly rather than sexy book. Why on earth was such a trashy, ridiculous banned when the censor ignored sex in serious literature?

July 22, 2020December 13, 2020

S2 E6: Love, not Sex: Wallace, ‘The Chapman Report’ (1960)

America was horrified when the Kinsey report showed women were capable of sexual misbehaviour. Wallace’s book trashed Kinsey but it still too sexy for the Irish censor.