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 #:
00033
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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BABY NEEDS STOCKINGS ly, simply because they defied the old school code of honour. There was not the slightest suggestion of vulgarity or indecency in one line of dialogue. Some of the lines were taken verbatim from the court testimony of a famous trial in South Carolina several years ago based on the same tragic situation. The play was written, in part, by one of the ablest men in the theatre, George Abbot. Helen Hayes, one of the most gracious and charming young actresses on the stage, played the leading role. The play hinged on the circumstance that the girl was with child by the man whom her father murdered. The dead man was killed by the father because he asked to marry the girl. The girl, in order to save her father from the disgrace which he did not know was imminent, committed suicide. This is an unfair analysis of a very strong and beautiful play. The point is, the censorconscious producer would not allow the movie to show the girl enceinte, thus destroying the whole plot. The movie censor not only maintains the mortifying law-breaking habits of the old 9