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 #:
000164
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 has a chance to have his say as to what is drama, art, news, or filth. The Club Woman's Club In 1920 we bounced back from a war. We were in an ecstatic state where no phrase was too large for us to hurl at the face of logic. We had saved the world for democracy. We injected war virus into the veins of the church and the organized reform groups and they turned savagely on us. Most violent and terrible in their revenge have been the women's clubs. And, unfortunately, it was in 1922 that the movie came out of the barn and began to travel in good society. Chaplin, it was discovered, was a great artist. Grudgingly, critics began to acknowledge the new art. But there were those who refused to accept this ubiquitous and insidious fellow. They resented his past. Chief of these uncompromising people were the club women. Consider her rise, her age, her home town. Try to think of Indianapolis, Birmingham, Dallas in 1914. The Club Woman then had no 114