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 #:
000187
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 ARGUMENT FOR THE PURE Washington. The answer to such a stand must be approached from two angles; in the first place, is this breaking-down of state lines consistent with our national tradition? In the second place, what kind of national censorship law has been proposed in our Federal Congress? If we had remained a land of only 800,000 square miles, increased facilities of communication and travel might have produced a uniformity of civilization between the lumbermen of Maine and the cotton planters of Virginia. But we now cover five times the expanse of land and even the radio and aeroplane have failed to destroy the manifold distinctive variations that lead the folk of the Western Plains to exchange a mutual scorn with the apartment house dwellers of Manhattan. One of the great attributes of our life is the ability of each of the 48 States to continue with its own pattern. There is a constant cry for National uniformity, and in so far as our 120,000,000 people have arrived at an ultimate and final standard there is slight objection thereto. Thus we have uniform bills of lading and 137