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 #:
000226
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 der to show you what their machine will look like in 1940 we have to perform an autopsy on the body of the corporation. Now we are not discussing men, but machines. Food, steel, automobiles and movies are produced by corporations. After the war, the public utilities of this country needed millions for equipment. They got them by selling non-voting stock to a wealthy and propagandized public. Utilities needed millions for operating expense. Control began to gather in local, state, and national organizations. The holding company came into existence. A few men with a genius for such organization have become extraordinarily proficient at this geometrical progression game. Following the lead of the utilities, banks, cigar stores, restaurants — every form of business — has become infected with this gregarious urge. Now the director, the controller of this machine is, in most cases, a responsible man. Responsible — to his stockholders. His companies must make money. When money is the sole consideration of a man his life narrows down — when 176