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 #:
00057
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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THE SAINTS AT WORK Moncure, one time State Senator, and politician of many years service. Thus, so far as art and morality in the movies are concerned, the citizens of Virginia are served by a semi-politician, a descendant of Keats, and an out-and-out politician. It is commendable that this amiable group has made no attempt either in its work or its history to clothe its actions in sanctity, but has frankly admitted that as political job-holders it is necessary for them to make a good showing and increase their production, even though at times it is necessary to ruin the work of a dozen acknowledged artists. Yet, somehow, we seem to see the loose-limbed figure of the gaunt, tired author of the Declaration of Independence stalking the hillside of Monticello, looking over the winding boundaries of the school he built, and wondering whether, after all, it was worth it. The Ohio Saints The movie censors of Ohio take their work seriously. Unlike the amiable Virginians, they 27