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 #:
000220
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 forever. But the tide has been at ebb for some years. Not that the reformers ceased their mighty battle ; but no new law has been passed in any one of the still free forty-one states. The record shows the following attempts at censorship, all defeated: Year No. of Bills Introduced and Defeated. 1922 3 1923 18 1924 2 1925 14 1926 2 1927 9 Even the Internationl Conference on Indecency, called by France (amusing as that may seem) under the aegis of the League of Nations, in 1923, came to naught. The best proof of the turn is Massachusetts where, in 1922, after the legislature had passed a Movie Censorship Bill, the people of the State by a vote of 553,000, to 208,000, rejected the measure. This was one of five separate referenda put up to the people at that time and although the people voted down state liquor 170