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 #:
000230
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 seen that board in action. Needless to point out, a play with any political, social, or moral rebellion in it hasn't a prayer in Pennsylvania. Of course, we would hardly expect to find the producers fighting censorship in 1929 when they have accepted ignominiously this condition ever since the industry started. The playwrights and actors hired away from the theatre usually enter Hollywood with a "whatthe-hell, it's the movies" attitude, so one can expect no protest from them. It is the customer who receives the insult, the emasculated reproduction of drama. There are those who delight in the awkward state of the talkies, and hold that censorship and mechanical imperfections will make the talkies so obnoxious the public will flock to the theatre. "Garbage" they call the movies. Very well, consider the heap, and analyze the stench. Not artistically, as some minor critics have cried, but financially, the talking movies are poisoning the theatre. 180