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Movies On The Radio: Forbidden Films

photo from "To Kill a Mockingbird"
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The classic, and sometimes "forbidden" film, "To Kill a Mockingbird" wasn't a favorite of the church at the time.

Most movies are sources of adventure and excitement, but some films can also be a source of temptation. Whether a movie was off-limits by your parents or banned by the church, a forbidden film can often be all the more enticing to watch. Maybe your parents thought the dinosaur eating a man off the toilet in "Jurassic Park" was too violent, or that "To Kill a Mockingbird" talked about taboo topics.

Host Frank Stasio talks with , film professor at North Carolina State University, and , film curator at the , about listeners' favorite "forbidden films" and the history of censorship in Hollywood. ​

Watch classic scenes and trailers from the movies featured below:

"Jurassic Park" 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Co3A3fLBo

"Blazing Saddles" campfire scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPIP9KXdmO0

"The Day After" fallout scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VG2aJyIFrA

"Baby Face"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NkcRllnmFo

Rita Hayworth in "Gilda"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-LO9Ay6v_M

"To Kill A Mockingbird"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44TG_H_oY2E

"Cabaret"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLQij2qT1e4

"Titticut Follies"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT3GcV4UXAM

"The Picture of Dorian Gray"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7xAM-ZCCg

"Star Wars: The Phantom Menace"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD7bpG-zDJQ
 

"The Rocky Horror Picture Show"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4plqh6obZW4

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Charlie Shelton-Ormond is a podcast producer for ¹ÏÉñapp.
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's ¹ÏÉñapp Director.