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Established 1918
A Film Magazine and a Film Newspaper in One
6318 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood : California
Volume VI
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1923
Number 33
44
Permit
Two nights ago, on Thanksgiving Eve, the members of the Motion Picture Directors' Association and other folk of filmland gathered in festive conclave at the Biltmore Hotel to celebrate their Seventh Annual Ball and Masquerade, an annual function that has always occupied a preeminent position in the social life of Los Angeles for its brilliancy and refinement. The elite and distinguished of the cinema profession had gathered there to do honor to the men at the helm of film production and to join them in a few hours of merrymaking designed to bring a much-needed recess between the long and tedious days of labor that had passed and that were to follow. The joy of the occasion was contagious; everyone reflected, in happy countenances and buoyant mood, the spirit of the event. Smartness and beauty was the keynote of the affair, and the idle banter that passed to and fro, and the numerous exchanges of courtesies and compliments, mirrored the joy and complete accord of the participants. It was, in short, a most inspiring assembly.
Then, when the dance was at its height, in walked the law and called for silence. The uniformed gladiators, champions of the city constitution, called for a halt in the festivities, and informed those present that they must cease their merrymaking, for they did not have a "permit" to carry on in such a manner. Orders had been issued by their august majesties, the Police Commissioners, that the members of the Motion Picture Directors' Association and their friends must cease their playing and go home, for it was past the midnight hour, and did not the city constitution say "Thou shalt not dance after midnight?" In this manner did the guardians of the peace of the city of Los Angeles dictate to these motion picture people how they should conduct their social affair. If they had intended to hold such a gala occasion they should have sent one of their representatives to the stronghold of the civic powers at least ten days previous and obtained from them permission to dance.
"Permit — eh?
Since when have the Motion Picture Directors' Association or any other motion picture organization or any group of film
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S. W. LAWSON
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FRED W. FOX
Managing Editor
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