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start: 1808-04-08
location: "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"
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John Krol, born in [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]] in 1910, was appointed archbishop of Philadelphia on February 11, 1961, was made a cardinal by [[Pope Paul VI]] on June 26, 1967, and retired on February 11, 1988. He died at his home in Philadelphia on March 3, 1996.[^2][^3]
### Movie Boycott of 1934
On May 23, 1934, [[Dennis Dougherty|Cardinal Dougherty]] called on the area's 800,000 Catholics to boycott motion picture theaters, and declared it sinful for them to enter one.[^4] Over 300,000 Catholics signed pledges to stay away from the movies, and ticket sales fell about 20 percent.[^4] Dougherty did not release anyone from the pledge, and he never officially ended the boycott.[^4] In June 1934 the [[Motion Picture Association of America]] agreed to stronger self-censorship and set up the [[Production Code Administration]], headed by the Catholic layman [[Joseph Breen]].[^4] The Catholic movie-review body that followed, the [[Legion of Decency]], grew in influence during the same years.[^4]
### Black Mass
In late February 1975 a midnight run of *Black Mass*, a film of a satanic mass by the Philadelphia filmmaker Ray Hoersch, later R.C. Horsch, was cancelled at the [[Arcadia Theatre (Philadelphia)|Arcadia]] "after reported pressure by the Philadelphia Archdiocese," according to [[Art Carduner]] of the [[Bandbox Theater]] in [[Germantown, Philadelphia|Germantown]], which screened it instead on March 1.[^4] Sixteen Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, and Jewish leaders of Philadelphia, led by Krol, signed a statement calling the film "a blasphemous attack on the religious rites held in sacred reverence by millions of Christian believers" and urging "believers of every religious conviction to use every moral force to discourage the showing of this film in the Philadelphia area."[^5] Horsch said in an interview recorded in 2013 that the archdiocese had the run cancelled after one screening.[^6]
In late February 1975 a midnight run of *Black Mass*, a film of a satanic mass by the Philadelphia filmmaker Ray Hoersch, later R.C. Horsch, was cancelled at the [[Arcadia Theatre (Philadelphia)|Arcadia]] "after reported pressure by the Philadelphia Archdiocese," according to [[Art Carduner]] of the [[Bandbox Theater]] in [[Germantown, Philadelphia|Germantown]], which screened it instead on March 1.[^5] The *Inquirer* of February 28, 1975 announced the midnight showing there.[^5] Sixteen Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, and Jewish leaders of Philadelphia, led by Krol, signed a statement calling the film "a blasphemous attack on the religious rites held in sacred reverence by millions of Christian believers" and urging "believers of every religious conviction to use every moral force to discourage the showing of this film in the Philadelphia area."[^6] The statement was issued on Thursday, February 27, 1975, and the *Inquirer* reported the next morning that the film had been reported booked at a center-city theater and one in Germantown, that the center-city house said the report "was a mistake," and that the Germantown theater said it was not yet known whether the film would be shown there.[^7] United Methodist Bishop [[James M. Ault]] of the Philadelphia Area was named among those opposing it.[^8] Horsch said in an interview recorded in 2013 that the archdiocese had the run cancelled after one screening.[^9]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Loughlin, James. "Archdiocese of Philadelphia," *The Catholic Encyclopedia,* vol. 11, New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11793b.htm
[^2]: "Cardinal Krol laid to rest," United Press International, March 8, 1996. https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/03/08/Cardinal-Krol-laid-to-rest/8760826261200/
[^3]: Weil, Martin. "Cardinal John Krol Dies; Philadelphia Archbishop," *The Washington Post,* March 4, 1996. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1996/03/04/cardinal-john-krol-dies/8d845f35-61a2-4b44-934a-0bdc39ca14df/
[^4]: [Society and nightlife column], *The Philadelphia Inquirer,* February 28, 1975, p. 21. https://www.newspapers.com/image/173366667/
[^5]: "Offensive Material: Leaders Condemn Black Mass Film," Religious News Service, *Lake Shore Visitor* (Erie), March 7, 1975, p. 3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/951794835/
[^6]: West, Ashley. "Unknowing Ray Horsch, Episode 2: Performance," *The Rialto Report,* Podcast 172, September 20, 2026, audio at 30:51 to 32:04, republishing interviews recorded in 2013. https://www.therialtoreport.com/2026/09/20/ray-horsch-3/
[^4]: "Dougherty's Movie Boycott," Catholic Historical Research Center, Philadelphia, February 6, 2019, citing Cardinal Dougherty, "Letter to Priests of the Archdiocese," May 25, 1934 (MC78-.1934.05.25). https://chrc-phila.org/doughertys-movie-boycott/
[^5]: [Society and nightlife column], *The Philadelphia Inquirer,* February 28, 1975, p. 21. https://www.newspapers.com/image/173366667/
[^6]: "Offensive Material: Leaders Condemn Black Mass Film," Religious News Service, *Lake Shore Visitor* (Erie), March 7, 1975, p. 3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/951794835/
[^7]: "Protest Raised Here On 'Black Mass' Film," *The Philadelphia Inquirer,* February 28, 1975, p. 11. https://www.newspapers.com/image/173364962/
[^8]: "U.M. bishop joins those against satanist movie," Religious News Service, *The United Methodist Reporter* (Louisiana edition), March 14, 1975, p. 3. https://archive.org/details/louisianaunitedm1975unit
[^9]: West, Ashley. "Unknowing Ray Horsch, Episode 2: Performance," *The Rialto Report,* Podcast 172, September 20, 2026, audio at 30:51 to 32:04, republishing interviews recorded in 2013. https://www.therialtoreport.com/2026/09/20/ray-horsch-3/