Notes 1
I would like to thank the different censorship/classification boards, including those in Brussels, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, London, and Paris.
1. Report of the Departmental Committee on Children and the Cinema, Secretary of State, May 1950, London.
2. ''Legion Approves Eight of 15 New Productions,'' Motion Picture Herald, March 12, 1955.
3. W. H. M. ''Rebel Without a Cause." The Tidings, Oct. 28, 1955.
4. BBFC file on The Wild One, Robertson (1989: 105).
5. Watkins (BBFC) to Ayres (MGM), March 24,1955, BBFC file on Blackboard Jungle
6. ''Hollywood Told: Reform Film Code.'' The Daily Mail, June 16, 1955.
7. Watkins to Derby Town Clerk, Nov. 1, 1955, BBFC file BJ.
8. Internal document, Oct. 14, 1955, BBFC file on Rebel Without a Cause (RWaC).
9. Watkins to Abeles (Warners London), Oct. 17, 1955, BBFC file RWaC. 10.Ibid.
13. Ray to Watkins, Dec. 10, 1955; Watkins to Ray, Dec. 15, 1955, BBFC file RWaC. Also: ''Cuts Ease Way in Britain for 'Rebel,''' Variety, Nov. 23, 1955.
14. Internal document AW/JT, Nov. 21, 1955, BBFC file RWaC.
15. Watkins to Abeles, Nov. 24, 1955, BBFC file RWaC.
16. BBFC Minutes of Exceptions, London, 1957, 1958, 1959.
17. Internal document, April 12, 1976, BBFC file RWaC.
18. CNC—Commission de Classification file on Graine de Violence, documents Aug. 4, 1955; Feb. 17, 1956; July 14, 1963.
19. See FSK (Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle) files 11405 (a, b, c, and d) and 11755 on ... denn sie wissen nicht, was sie tun.
20. CNC—Commission de Classification file on Fureur de Vivre, internal document, Feb. 24, 1956.
22. Statens Filmcensur file 61469 on Vildt Blod.
23. The Tidings, Jan. 8, 1954; March 11, 1955; Oct. 28, 1955.
24. CCRT (Centre catholique de radio et de television) Fiche Graine de Violence, Nov. 1955.
25. "La bêtise à l'état pur: L'Equipée Sauvage,'' La Croix, May 5, 1954.
26. Pierre Kast, "Sur Laszlo Benedek,'' Positif 3 (March-April 1955).
27. Jean De Baroncelli, "L'Equipée Sauvage,'' Le Monde, April 24, 1954.
28. François Truffaut, "La Fureur de vivre,'' Arts, April 4, 1956.
29. Eric Rohmer, "Ajax ou Le Cid?'' Cahiers du Cinéma 59 (May 1956): 32-36.
30. Penelope Houston, "Rebels without Causes,'' Sight and Sound 25 (Spring 1956): 178-181.
31. Watkins to Mirams, Feb. 1956, BBFC file RWaC.
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