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 #:
00096
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 way." From the standpoint of creative art, this change was a real achievement. From "Beau Broadway" they ordered a puzzling elimination. They changed the caption: "He's the best-known fight promoter, gambler and race track man in America" so that the word 'gambler' was deleted. The only inference is that the Pennsylvanians very courteously declined to darken the names of its fight promoters and racing men. From "Our Dancing Daughters" they ordered the caption: "Before I met you things happened. Were they of our crowd?" changed to : "Before I met you I was madly infatuated with a boy. Was he of our crowd?" They also cut the scene under a tree where the hero embraces the heroine, from the point where they first embrace each other to where they are shown sitting again. From "Sins of the Fathers" the caption: "He's so dumb we don't have to be careful" was changed to: "He's so dumb we can get away with anything." Another creative achievement. From "Win that Girl" they cut scene of 56