Winnie Lightner was the first movie performer in history ever to be
censored for what she said or sang on screen rather than for anything
she did visually. In 1928 she made a Vitaphone short in which she sang
"We Love It," "God Help a Sailor on a Night Like This," "That Brand New
Model of Mine," and "We've Got a Lot to Learn." A censorship board in
Pennsylvania held the release of the film because of the content of
Lightner's songs. According to film historian Alexander Walker,
"Warners asked the censors to merely pass judgment on the visuals - the
censors refused.".
