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 #:
000212
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 While the attack of moralists and censors was thus invited, the other side of the medallion showed a deplorable condition. The first owners of the industry were enrolled largely from the garment trades. Movies were just another business. That pictures dealt in ideas and emotions meant little to them. They weren't even "showmen," with pride in their productions. They were near bankruptcy time and again. They hated each other with a guerilla temper. A gang warfare ensued. The contest over patents consumed the energies of the owners. The movies were in a Racket. Ramsay's authoritative study tells a tale of wrecked machines and stark struggle that left no time for watching the type of product or preparing for the army of the censors. And just before Wall Street commenced to stabilize the cinema industry the war came on with its hysterias, and further breakdown of constitutional protections. Illegal deportations, unwarranted banning of pacifist periodicals, gagging of those who felt the war would lead to naught, persecution of conscientious objectors, were the order of 162