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 #:
000124
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 dangers of life differently. No two censors agree, and no two boards coincide in their judgment. Once having accepted a program of pure objectivity and impartiality we would expect to find the problem of the censor very simple. But, although most fields of vital thought and controversy are removed from their realm of consideration, this does little more than magnify the petty problems still residing in the material submitted. The very narrowness of the area of art presented induces an exaggerated fastidiousness of decision, for the censors must find something to cut. If the movies produced during an entire year only the worst type of Pollyanna puritanism the scissors would not be put on the shelves. Men who are hired to cut would feel unfaithful to their tasks unless their trash baskets were full of clippings. Censors are human beings and it is inherent in the bestowal of power on man, that he uses and abuses it. He never resigns it. At the outset of their dilemmas the censors present a divided front. In some cases the censor is content, no matter what the treatment 80