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 #:
000179
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 ducers, and Senator Norris or some other fiery liberal might bring up the old suits the Federal Trade Commission has brought against Paramount et al., and cause further unpleasantness. No, Hays will not start a street fight with Pennsylvania or Maryland censors. Rather he will caution his clients to take it easy. Hays is not an actual dictator. He advised against "The Green Hat" and the producers went right ahead and made it. But, if they disobey him, they must take the consequences. On the whole they watch the reports that come into the studios every day from the Hays office listing the state cuts, and seek to find some indirect method of avoiding the censor's shears. It is not strange that Hays should handle the censors so gently. Of course, he does not view the movie as an inorganic sales object. Neither does he feel it is an art that should be given the freedom of the artist's mind and hand. Somewhere he has found his definition of the movie. "Caution" is his pass word. Speaking of the movie's attitude toward youth, he said : "We must have toward that sacred thing, 129