The Wild One
Artist: Laszlo Benedek
Year: 1953
Date of Action:
Region: North America
Location: Release Date: February 1954 (USA)
Subject: Violence
Medium: Film Video
Confronting Bodies: Lloyd T. Binford, Head, Memphis Censor Board
Description of Artwork: Cinema "Marlon Brando turns in a tremendously powerful performance as the inarticulate, frozen-faced, truculent outlaw who heads the gang of motorcycle hoodlums."
The Incident: "Memphians couldn't see Marlon Brando in the 1954 classic The Wild One because Binford considered it rowdy, unlawful, and raw."
Results of Incident: Banned in Memphis
Source:
• https://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/banned-in-memphis/Content?oid=1144204,
• https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/wild-one-1953-review-959962,
• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047677/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_41