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Charges Lodged On Film

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Day
20
Month
January
Year
1967
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Three Univcrsity students and
a faculty member who city po-
lice say were responsible for
the showing of an obscene film
on the campus Wednesday night
are to be arraigned today in
Municipal Court on criminal
charges.

Prosecuting Attorney William
F. Delhey late yesterday after-
noon issued authorizations for
warrants against Hubert Cohen,
an English instructor in the
School of Engineering: and
three juniors in the Literary
School, Ellen P. Frank of 725
Haven Ave., Mary E. Barkey of
328 E. University Ave., and El-
liott S. Barden of 1002 Packard
St.

The charge against the four
defendants has been brought un-
der a state law making it a " Cir-
cuit Court misdemeanor to
"show obscene, lewd, filthy and
indecent motion pictures."

Police Chief Walter E. Kras-
ny, Delhey, his assistant, Thom-
Qc Shea, and Detective Lt. Eu-
gene L. Staudenmaier viewed
the film, "Flaming Creatures,"
in ;i lock-door showing in City
Hall yesterday afternoon.

"I don't know what else it | protested the seizing of the film, ;call avant-gd! artist who| seizure wrote obscene words
can be called except obscene," calling it "violent" and " a so-:consciously exercises his free-jon Civil Defense literature left
Delhey said after the showing, cial crime," had visited police |dom." in the lobby for the public.

Another officer who saw it I headquarters Wednesday nightj The depiction of nakedness University officials were in
called it "the dirtiest film ij^d talked with Staudenmaier. land various forms of sexual contact with police this morn-
have ever seen " she ^entitled hersetf as co- embraces in the film "is both ing in relation to possible ac-

rnhr^n whn'nnlinp iripntifi^ chairman ^ the Cimma Guild too full of pathos and too in-tion in the case of the Board

as a^acultv ^dv^ei"forth? cfn ca^0"^ the i!!m t0 the genuous t0 be purient'" the ^ Regents- ^ ^T T1
cma Guild which snonsored the ''B111?1^- :view says. Ithere were no plans to show the

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movie and the three students yro^sm? "'hr Hammgi "The least of H;^ .i-i n ( reatures" film .to members

f.ii '••/ \ A^ * emu tiiv/ till. ^c- otm-i\-;nto ;-i , '• i r"\ • i' i i i i i ^ii •1111 •ii.

were expected to appear before creaulrc' n11 ^m| wards should be ; the board, although that ac-
Munipinal Cnurt Tiirfffp S T Fl were pasht-n uiii ;n UK'Architec-meddling censorship by the tion had been suggested.

deronthec^^^ the P1-"1"^ the
. At that tii^e an pxai^ "ight Th" "'•o^•ams ^ com- blind," the review continues

idate va to be S: posc'1 "cma Guild '^T-1 , , ^L ^< ^ ( ^ bersKmi^utUredareprintofalis "not hard to understand"
ulcd and bond for the four de- rpyipw nf fhp film troin Thp'n • o < unueiiiidiiu,

fendants set. The case cannot be ^n^ .^9^ fllm trom ^Rey^ewer Sontag says.

settled in Municipal Court, but Nat,1,0" m 1964- .„ , -: . But. what ls disappointing
musf PO to Circuit Court for a The review, written by Susan is the indifference, the squeam-
^nal dtoo^inn sonta^ calls the "Creatures" jishness, the downright hostility

Staude^^^^^^^^ ::shockin§ and it '"^d^o ^ ^ evinced py almost
the film from the prelection t0 be- . everyone in the mature, intel-
booth of the Architecture Audi- "But lt ls hard simply to talk lectual and artistic commu-
torium during a showing on a^11!this remarkable and beau- nity," the review said.
Wednesday ni°ht. \^tui film," the reviewer says. Police said they understood

Yesterday University offici •"^"" hn" ^ defend it. "Crea- Cohen assisted in reviewinr 'Ir
said the institution would ! pornographic if film before it was shown
provide legal counsel for the .p"1""-;"^1^ [)(! defined as the gave his approval to its viewui.,,,
four defendants. biitStudent^''1"1^''1 intention and capacityjon the campus, t^
Government Co u n c i 1 leaders t0 cxcite sexually. Bus even il'j Officers said some of tn(-l
pledged to offer $1,000 in bail the iih-n was sexually exciting,, more than 100 demonstra-,)
1 money for the students and; ^^s ^'i a power of art for wliichjtors who staged a four-hour^
; Cohen. pt ^ shameful to apologize." j sit-in in the police station lobby n
' Miss Frank who yesterday^ The reviewer notes (hat "we | Wednesday night after the filin'i