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 #:
000191
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 but Russia and Italy — does not condemn the measure, let us look just one step further. No pictures aiming to assist the election or defeat of any political candidate shall be exhibited in licensed places of amusement! What of our rights as free men to have the talkies replace the old town meeting house and the gatherings on the Commons? Just when will the talkies have to omit remarks of the President of the United States : a day, a week or a year before a coming election? After creating a dull stupidity for all movies, preventing them from touching any of the vital issues of the people, the censors then have to refuse licenses for any picture : Which "emphasizes sex appeal" — let us try "Romeo and Juliet." Which shows a "cock fight" — but bayonet killing is allowed and appeals for a big navy are not to be banned. Which shows the horrors of White Slavery, even if the picture is developed by reformers to end that pernicious trade, or: — Which makes an illicit love affair "prominent," shows persons scantily dressed, or con 141