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 #:
000217
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 URGE FOR GOOD The few were very anxious not to give freedom of speech or of the press. They thought the many were not fit for it. But in the course of time censorship and all interference with freedom of speech, of the press and of opinion began to give way until in the end they were abolished. There seem to be a few who wish to retrace our steps and resort to censorship again in advance of publication. Do they know that censorships of past ages did immeasurably more harm than good? If this ordinance be legal then a similar ordinance in respect of the newspaper and the theatres generally, would be legal. . . . Once revive censorship and there is no telling how far we may carry it." But the owners of the Films had no Franklin in their industry. They were content merely to exist. And so in 1913 Ohio and Kansas enacted those censorship laws which in 1915 reached the highest court of the land for interpretation. How was the court to hurdle the Bill of Rights? Surely pre-censorship in this land could only be adopted by the use of in 167