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 #:
000239
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 mania of the producer, the sanctimonious odours of the Hays office all find their places in the great corridors of America's utilities. They have gone into the movie business. They control the air. They soon will control television. Their muzzling influence has even extended to the press. The Press We quote testimony presented in "Electric Utilities." E. B. Hofer & Sons, of Salem, Oregon, received $84,000 a year for four years for sending utility propaganda in a news service they furnished 14,000 small newspapers. College professors, Club Women and legislators have been hired to make "studies" showing the advantages of private control of utilities. An estimated $28,000,000 a year is spent by the utilities in this benign advertising work! The chain store has made the chain newspaper possible. Once a paper depended upon local subscribers and local stores for its exist 189