Censored : the private life of the movie (1930)

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INTRODUCTION Who are they? Why? How much do they make? Are they important? With the kindly support of the Baltimore Sun and a few real newspapers, and after several months of investigation by the movie critic, we were able to assemble something that looked like the machine that makes movies. Other writers might continue after us and consider such things as art and the movies' ultimate place in the sun. But until you know the unseen masters of the movies it is useless to discuss them in terms of art. We put the censors — and words and photographs that are illegal to them — on paper, added them together and endeavoured to find the sum importance. We started at the bottom — Kansas — and worked to the top — Wall Street. We may have skipped a few stations on the way but we have given you an accurate account of a side-show in the biggest circus the world has ever known. xiv