Censored : the private life of the movie (1930)

Record Details:

Title:
Censored : the private life of the movie
Date:
1930
Publisher:
New York : Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, Incorporated
Volume:
Censored : the private life of the movie
Leaf #:
00010
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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FOREWORD complete freedom even to blatant obscenity. It is not unreasonable that some common ground should be found for an alliance between those who fight censorship on principle and the much greater number who oppose merely its follies. After all it would be a little academic to protest against a censorship so liberal that it simply remained in office and never deleted anything. Even the stalwarts, I think, would not be violently passionate against a censorship carried on by a little group composed of the wisest persons in the world. If unable to get my motion pictures and talkies straight, I would not be wholly incensed to receive only such films as were licensed by Havelock Ellis and John Dewey. Of course, some have argued that a stupid censorship is better than a wise one since fools will soon destroy themselves. This might be true if the cutting were done openly but most of us are quite unaware of what has been taken out of the picture which we witness in its garbled form. Censorship is not the whole trouble. Part of it is the censors. Pare Lorentz and Morris L. Ernst have vi