Censored : the private life of the movie (1930)

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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 #:
00011
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:
June 20, 2024
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FOREWORD written a book which is decidedly practical as well as fascinating. In Censored: The Private Life of the Movies they have revealed to what I hope will be a startled public, the individual incapacity of the men and women who have been put in control of the destinies of a potentially great art. And it seems to me that all those who believe in freedom of expression should make the motion pictures their chief concern. Much protest gets into print about slights and bans placed upon the drama. There should be roaring and tumult when Strange Interlude is banished out of Boston but it is well to remember that the so-called legitimate theatre now plays a very small part in the communal life of America. It is an art restricted to the very few. The motion picture shares with the newspaper and the radio the honour of being the most influential factor in moulding public opinion. In fact I doubt if any successful reform can be effected if a place upon the screen is definitely denied to its propagandists. The utter reactionary quality of motion picture censorship in the United States is vii