Universal Film Manufacturing Co. v. Bell

This is a motion brought by plaintiff to enjoin the commissioner of licenses of the city of New York from interfering with the presentation of a certain motion picture photoplay entitled “ The Hand That Rocks the Cradle ” and from canceling the license of any theatre in which such play may be produced. The parties do not differ as to what the scenario of the play is and what the pictures portray, and it will suffice for the purpose of this discussion to state that the play deals with the subject of birth control and features as a heroine or a martyr the wife of a physician of high standing,…