Career
From 1951-1953, Burstyn was at the center of Joseph Burstyn, Incorporated. v. Wilson, 343 United States. 495 (1952), which resulted in a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court which helped end film censorship in New New York The court decision determined that certain provisions of the New York State Education Law allowing a censor to forbid the commercial showing of any non-licensed motion picture film, or revoke or deny the license of a film deemed to be "sacrilegious", was a "restraint on freedom of speech" and thereby a violation of the First Amendment.
In this case, the film in question was "The Miracle", directed by Roberto Rossellini, an Italian short film that was part of the anthology film Ways of Love (1950).
Burstyn died in November 1953 of a coronary thrombosis during a transport-Atlantic flight. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
The Quiet One (1948)
Lo Tafhidenu/The Illegals (1948) documentary in Hebrew directed by Meyer Levin
Paris 1900 (1947)
Shakuntala (1947)
Paisan (1946)
The Battle of the Rails (1946)
Rome, Open City (1945)
Marie-Louise (1944)
Portrait of a Woman (1944)
Hymn of the Nations (1944)
The Forgotten Village (1941)
Lights Out in Europe (1940)
Louise (1939)
Crisis (1939)
Katia (1938)
Ballerina (1937) English title of Le morte du cygne
Louisiana guerre des gosses (1937) French version of War of the Buttons directed by Jacques Daroy
Pépé le Moko (1937)
The Lower Depths (1936)
Women"s Club (1936)
Die ewige Maske (1935)
Whirlpool of Desire (1935), French film Remous directed by Edmond T. Gréville
Song of the Streets (1933)
Stella (1955)
Romantic Youth (1954)
Tanga-Tika (1953)
Little Fugitive (1953)
Fear and Desire (1953)
Umberto Doctorate. (1952)
Savage Triangle (1951) English version of Le garcon sauvage
Miracle in Milan (1951)
Ways of Love (1950)
The Flowers of Saint Francis (1950)
Side Street Story (1950)
Tomorrow Is Too Late (1950)
Justice Is Done (1950)
The Berliner (1948)
A Day in the Country (1936) 1950 United States release
Jofroi (1934) 1950 United States re-release
À Nous la Liberté (1931) 1954 United States re-release.
