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 #:
000151
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 scend to appear in person. In 1911, the days of the first laws, reputable authors dismissed the movie as garbage. Today they write stories and pray they will be made into movies. The talking movie has abducted the finest talent from Broadway. All this time the movie censor has grown in power and severity. Each year he has cut more and more. The tax-payers, unaware of his existence, are helpless. The movies are afraid to fight — it might cost money for a month or so, and that month might spell ruin. The press has shown no interest. You are probably helping to support one of these boards in your state. Certainly not one of them has a record to be envied by a real man or woman. If, with the Supreme Court of Ohio, you consider the movie devoid of ideas or drama, then this record will not disturb you. For your part, the movie belongs in the Church basement and on the library shelf alongside "Little Women," and the "Motor Boys." But you cannot deny the existence of 20,000 movie houses, the work of a dozen great di 101