In the fall of 1914, a film by the first female director and screenwriter sparked a censorship debate in the city of Winchester. The Lure, featuring suggestive language and the "interior of a bawdy house," had its merits debated in the chancery court.
http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/2013/07/31/the-lure/
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