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 #:
000237
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 PLAY'S THE THING the Nicaraguan invasion over the radio, surely it would not give him a chance in a news reel. The other movie giants are banding together. They depend on Western Electric, Vitaphone, or some utility-controlled device, for talking machinery. Financially, the utilities have the rule of the movies. What are they going to do with it? Consolidation demands greater production. Greater production means no experimenting, no dissension — maximum sale. We have seen that censorship already is employed by R. C. A. Movies of entertainment, obviously, will be turned over to our old friends, the censors. A fight would hurt the sale. Radio Pictures have been in business two years, and they have yet to protest against censorship. And their political power becomes a real question. Television Eighteen million homes in the U. S. are wired for electricity. Ten million radio sets have been sold. 187