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 #:
00017
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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INTRODUCTION A Lawyer and a movie critic were discussing the movies. The lawyer was familiar with some of their trials; the critic their tribulations. Neither of us could understand why the American movie, with all its power and promise, still lay in such a wallow of stupidity. "The producers are illiterate" we said. But we knew some producers of real wit. "The directors are yes-men; morons;" we had read many times. But we knew stage directors of worth who had gone West with real ability, and returned empty-handed. We said there must be other, deep-seated, reasons. We then discovered the movie censor. It was no easy task. Despite the enormous censorship machinery of the industry, the press, movie executives and the Hays office either knew nothing or would divulge no real information about the censors. xiii