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 #:
000120
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 proud of the fact that he is the dictator of the greatest medium of education in his state as he is of the fact that he has progressed from a Duansberg school master to his present important place in the nation's educational system. He has the characteristics of his profession. Middle-aged, slightly pompous yet evasive, and given to long-winded and meaningless speeches. His spectacles and severe garb give him the appearance of a clergyman or a Y. M. C. A. organizer. He goes to many movie openings, often with a cleric or priest. He was a school commissioner, 1900-12, of Schenectady county, superintendent of schools, 1912-17, and assistant in elementary education, 1917-27, when he got his censorship job. He is a past president of the Hudson River Schoolmaster's Club, and 1917-18 was Grand Master of the New York State Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows. If the movies were hindered only by these petty politicians, we could stop here, demand their recall and call it a day. Yet while they 76