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 #:
000147
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 rant of the fact that the respectable New York Times has printed the identical picture slogan on several occasions in its Sunday supplement. This kind of interference not only stamps the movies as an adolescent nurse-girled mode of expression, but in fact is contrary to one of our national mainstays, the separation of Church and State. We had been led to believe that the State would not even by indirection be an aid to any religion, and that such a basic philosophy of government extends so far as to give equal treatment to a non-religionist. Surely the right to worship must carry with it the right to abstain from worship. But here again the censors inject themselves into the scenarios, for never is a finger raised to prevent criticism of an agnostic or atheist. So far has this religious censorship gone that plays like "Abie's Irish Rose," and "The Merchant of Venice" can be movied only by extensive editing. Shaw's "Saint Joan," Ibsen's "Brand," Sinclair Lewis' "Elmer Gantry" are way beyond the pale. They can only be read in book form or acted on the stage. 97