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 #:
00067
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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THE SAINTS AT WORK The censorship set-up in Ohio is practically the same as that of New York State. The board has been put in charge of the Department of Education. Two civil service employees, at $200 a month, work under the supervision of the Ohio Director of Education. Their terms of office are dependent upon "good behaviour" ; although, of course, if anybody has temptation and vice knocking at his door, a movie censor must be hard beset. In 1929, $23,000 were given these two faithful servants for office expenses. There is also an advisory board of two men and a lady appointed by the governor. They receive no money — merely "expenses." According to the attorney-general this board functions only when the Department of Education needs help — which, in Ohio, must be infrequent. John Leroy Clifton, the head man of the Ohio board, is a teacher and a politician. He was born in 1881 in Etna, Ohio. He taught in rural schools and attended Ohio University during his spare time. In 1916 he was made an assistant professor 33