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 #:
000141
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 HEAVENLY INFLUENCE the leading proponent of censorship, stated under oath that even Chaplin's influence was questionable. Are the censors to examine the morals of producers? What of the income tax scandals of many Hollywood stars and the divorce dilemma of many others? Should not the censors, if consistency is even a cheap jewel, look into the morals of all actors, actresses and even producers? In order to gain a perspective on the censorship of crime movies it is interesting to speculate on how censorship would have reacted to the area of penal actions in previous days. Movie censorship in the days of the revolution would have helped perpetuate public street whippings, public hangings and the use of stocks. Pictures of the stealing of horses would have been allowed only if handled delicately, while stories of poachers could have been shown only by separate shots, one of the hunter with a gun jumping the stone fence and then another with the game in his bag. Disobedience to Sabbath laws, long since nullified, would have been among the strictest taboos. Wearing braided hair was at one time a crime 93