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 #:
000155
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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LADIES AT PLAY even Mr. Thaw thought it was a good idea. With a remarkably keen statement against censorship, Charles Smith, of the People's Institute, organized the Board to save — not censor— the movie. The Board was encouraged by the industry in that the Motion Picture Patents Company — then starting the still pugnacious fight for movie control — felt the National Board could give its product an odour of sanctity and respectability. In its proclamations, the Board stoutly maintains the broad principle which Charles Smith gave it. The following broadside is the Board's own statement of its work. "The basic work of the National Board is the review of motion pictures which are submitted by the film companies producing and distributing pictures before they are released to the country at large . . . the Board reviews from ninety-eight to 100% of all films. The work is of an advisory, editorial nature, based on its study of the psychological reactions of motion picture audiences to what they see." According to its own testimony, the Na 105