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 #:
000196
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 This latter variation can hardly be explained by the feminist movement. The New York and New Jersey laws are not enforced. In the Survey of May 15, 1929, Roy F. Woodbury, a student of this very problem, makes the flat statement : "To prohibit children from attending motion picture shows altogether is not the right answer. They will go in spite of this law and in fact it only creates disrespect for law on their part. Because the law is so inflexible there is a general apathy on the part of the public to its rigid enforcements. This is especially true in New York. There is ample proof that the laws in New York and New Jersey are openly violated." Of course states like Maryland and Pennsylvania, where censorship is quite elaborate, need never be concerned about the children. Presumably all impurities have been removed by the censors, but New York and New Jersey typify the constant and age-long struggle as to domination of the next generation. The former struggle of church against parent has shifted to State against parent. 146