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 #:
00071
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 to enforce its higher dictates in the land of the Baltimore Sun and Johns Hopkins University, the most important scenes in the movie were dropped into Chesapeake Bay. The decision of the board regarding two movies offers a clear picture of the intellectual height, the artistic judgment, and the general standards of the Maryland censor board. A movie called "Fighting the White Slave Traffic" was passed after a great many title deletions. From reading these one may get a general idea of the kind of drama it was: "Along the streets walk scarlet women once innocent who were forced into a life of shame by the subtle wiles and crafty methods of the white slaver; in the cabarets of Tia Juana are many girls of every nationality who were lured into its vice-ridden places by fake vaudeville contracts; etc., etc." All point out the dangers besetting the innocent flowers of vaudeville every time they sign a dotted line. Obviously this movie, made by an independent company with no rank or standing in the business, is one of those old-timers shown in stale dowdy movie houses on the West Side "For Women Only" 37