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 #:
000162
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 board is a censor, whether it wants to be or not. The second answer is contained in the story of "An American Tragedy." Will Hays asked the National Board about it. The D. A. R. objected to its being made into a movie and Hays told his client not to make the film — it would cause trouble. Now the D. A. R. could not have told in advance what sort of treatment was to be used. Dr. Cadman might have played it — any director could have been hired. Obviously, they had read the book, heard that it was censored in Boston, and decided it was an unfit subject for dramatization. "Now," says Mr. Barrett, "if the producer had made 'An American Tragedy' we would have passed it, but we could not have given it a recommendation!" In other words, because of the club-conscious Will Hays, the women's clubs gathered together by the Board are being given more power than even the Board's executive asks ! It is the old movie story. Fear. Fear of losing money. Fear — the Hays fear — of losing 112