Censorship because of the Civil War became a major aspect tot eh promotions of modern film. Government always played a major part in entertainment and press but "political influence of the content of the movies was greater then the press" this was because movies were for the public and the government had to put restraint on some things that they believed were not beneficial or could end up violating the government. Eventually movies were being controlled by the sate and not at the national level. After all was said and done politics had a mattered in movies but it a different way the the press.