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 #:
000114
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 their navy. For "When those birds kiss my hand I can feel it clear down to my toes" they substituted: "When they kiss my hand — oh boy." "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" was translated into practically every language, ran in a newspaper syndicate, was made into a comic strip, a play, and a movie. Fortunately for the movie public, the censors cut any suggestions of immorality from it, as you have seen. New York City pays out millions for movies every year — Germany, France and England send it their best. But that best is not presentable until the board has done its work. Consider the New York daily papers, the stories of bootlegging and crime, and then think of a well-paid group of people toiling and deleting such suggestions from a movie, and wonder! In 1927 the business of censoring movies in New York State was turned over to the department of education. The standards of the motion picture division are thus set down in the state educational law: "No motion picture will be licensed or a 72