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 #:
000174
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 cry "for shame — all is pure." And he did a good job. Whatever else he may be, he is probably America's greatest press agent. Since 1922 Hays has grown in power and influence as his clients have developed. Now, instead of sending pleas of innocence to city editors, he confers with prime ministers. He is the most important man in the industry. Consider what that means. So accustomed are we to sudden wealth and fantastic achievements we accept the most enormous ironies of living as everyday occurrences, as part of the cosmic scheme. Suppose a writer were called into conference of all the publishers in the country. "We need a Czar," he is told. "We will give you $100,000 to help us out of this hole. We will take your advice, give you arbitrary pow er." A million Samuel Butlers and Hardys, Poes and Cabells will toil to an old age before they are given such an offer. Yet a medium more powerful, more influential than the novel, was practically turned over to one man in 1922. Suppose he had been 124