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AMERICAN (JliNEMATOG RA P H E R
February, 1926
was selected for the position, he was acquainted with the situation and the possibility of the position being little more than a temporary one.
The plan as outlined by the leading Republican majority in the Assembly as well as the Senate according to the best authorities is that no action will be taken or the Republican attitude on censorship will not be known until the Charles E. Hughes non-partisan reorganization committee files its report with the Legislature.
The proposition is to see what this committee decides relative to the consolidation of the state departments. It is reported that the Hughes committee will not recommend the abolition of the commission entirely, but will recommend that the functions of the censor board be transferred to the State Department of Education.
The report of the New York State Motion Picture Commission, just submitted to Governor Smith, outlining the work of the commission during the last twelve months, there were 4,236 eliminations made by the commission during the last twelve months, these consisting of 3,868 scenes and 368 titles. All told the Commission examined 8,949 reels. Eliminations were made frfc>m 712 films, while 2,598 films were approved by the commission without eliminations. There were 592 permits granted without examination and 3,310 original licenses issued, while duplicates were issued to the extent of 36,039.
Twelve features were condemned in their entirety by the commission. Eliminations were made on the following grounds, in some cases eliminations being made on more than one ground: Indecent, 656; inhuman, 1,438; tending to incite to crime, 1,804; tending to corrupt morals, 318; sacrilegious, 20.
Of the eliminations made by the Commission, 428 came from dramas; 140 fr*om comedies; 61 from comedy dramas; 65 from serials; two from news reels; two from educational; one from cartoons, and 13 from miscellaneous. During the year 32 appeals from decisions of the Commission were made by producers seeking a review by the entire commission.
The report of the commission to the Governor stresses the fact that it is a revenueproducing body and calls attention to the fact that during the period of its existence from August, 1921, to January 1, last, the receipts of the censoring body amounted to $853,
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