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 #:
000224
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 losophy of spiritual freedom unrelated to Socrates or Plato. Two thousand years of war and calamity have brought no intrinsic change in man's life. We have the machine, but it is employed to clothe, feed and house us. We have, possibly, less poverty, more wealth, more bodily comfort. But we have not yet destroyed poverty, eliminated disease or hate from man's life. We have lessened or heightened their activity, but they are still with us. The Twentieth Century has brought only one real change in the old association of the artist, the critic, the patron. It is a complex, a disturbing, change. The movie, a medium of light and shadows incorporating the form of painting and the stage, is now America's fifth industry. Not even the later Greeks boasted of more than a minority devoted to playing. Yet we have produced an art responsible for the livelihood of millions and the entertainment of tens of millions. This condition has brought about the new change of attitude. The artist is still an artist. The critic is still the interpreter. The patron has changed. No longer is he an aristocrat, a 174