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 #:
00064
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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PRIVATE LIFE OF THE MOVIE "All scenes of men looking through keyhole." "Scene of Duchess with leg on chair." "Duchess at Fair where man pulls dress off shoulder." "All seductive scenes between Duchess and Jester, that is, all scenes where Duchess and Jester appear together." The censors in Ohio are simple people. To them a leg is a leg, a woman is a woman, and a look at a leg has only one meaning and conclusion. They might well be proud that they have left the intangible and difficult definitions of art and life to more complex people. They themselves are not interested. Be it written by a bell-hop or created by the hand of an acknowledged artist, any scene between a man or woman becomes dubious the minute they come within thirty-five feet of each other. And Ohio doesn't stand for it. The tax-payers of that great MiddleWestern state, housing the Cincinnati and the Cleveland Symphony and the home-town of Warren G. Harding, should be proud of their guardians. 32