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 #:
000197
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 By and large, little real planning has been done in this realm. Obviously not every film is of value to every child. Surely a sage parent will try to direct his child only to those movies that are consistent with the balance of the child's development. Not every child remains unscathed by "custard pie" vulgarity. The preadolescent may not be entirely unmarred by doses of sentimental unrealistic approaches between the sexes. The children of the rich may even leave the theatre with not even subconscious receptions of the undue glorifications of wealth and the speciously high gospels of Mammon. But the problem of child education via movies is not essentially different than with other media. Geometry should not be taught before multiplication, or sailing before swimming. Precocious stimulation is to be avoided nearly as much as retarded instruction. The problem of modern education is mighty, but the movies — irrespective of their imputed potency — are negligible factors compared to other cheaper and handier influences. On every street corner in every land the child can buy for 2 cents 147