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 #:
000177
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 BISHOP OF HOLLYWOOD tory it is practically in the hands of the Will Hays office. If Pennsylvania consistently hacks Company A.'s product, Hays must either get the gentlemen to listen to reason or show Company A. how to make movies that will get by. Company A. sends a movie to Germany. An under-secretary objects to scenes of American soldiers triumphing over the Kaiser's men. Word reaches Washington. Hays talks with the Ambassador. A compromise is reached. Company A. may make war movies but it must not show an American actually killing a German or vice versa. This sort of thing goes on all the time. There was a tragic fire at the Cleveland Clinic caused by film gas. A government inspector demanded that movie warehouses increase their protective devices. Hays produced a chemist who testified that developed film produces no lethal gas. He saved his clients money. He watches Washington constantly for signs of repression. He works closely with the Department of Commerce. He settles trade disputes. He is ambassador to all foreign countries. All movie companies do not subscribe to the 127