The Film Daily (1919)

Tuesday, January 21, 1919 On Broadway Strand — "The Fighting Roosevelts" Topical Review Pathe — Analysis of Motion — "Somersault Diving" Harold Lloyd Comedy — "Going, going, gone." "Topics of the Day." Rialto — "Labrador," Post Travel series Topical Review. Bryant Washburn — 'The Way of a Man With a Maid." Sunshine Comedy — "Oh, What a Knight." Rivoli — Prizma natural color pictures Rivoli Pictorial. Elsie Ferguson— "His Parisian Wife" Sennett Comedy — "Cupid's Day Off." Broadway — "The Heart of Humanity" Fifth Week. Topical Review. New York Roof — Tusday — Wm. Russell — "When A Man Rides Alone." Wednesday — Louis Bennison — "Sandy Burke of the U-Bar-U." Thursday — Sessue Hayakawa — "Bonds of Honor." Friday — Harry Carey — "Roped." Evelyn Mesbit — "Who Will Marry Me." Saturday — Louise Huff — "Heart of Gold." Sunday — May Allison — "In For 30 Days." CLASSIFIED. The classified columns of WID'S fill a long felt want. It is the market place when buyer and seller — employer and employee or the small advertiser can put his story before practicalK every live exhibitor in the countn every day in the year, at nominal cost Rate 50c per line. Cash with order. Second hand studio light (Cooper-Hewitt's) will pay cash. Must act at once. J. C., Box 80, c|o WID'S DAILY. WANTED TO BUY. Second hand Theater equipments. Highest Cash Price — Box 55 this office. Second hand studio equipment with full setting; for parlor, bedroom and reception hall. Box 72 clo WID'S DAILY. HELP WANTED. Operator Wanted— Must be clean cut. steady and willing to work : must be able to operate two Powers 6B machines and generating set : must know the work from A to Z. Good steady job to the right man No booze fighter need apply. S. K. Leen. Ruby theater, Jamestown, N. D. Manager for 600 seat house in New Jersey— salary and home arrangement. Tel) all in first lettr. Box 105 this office. Operator and Al man for electrical work must know all about Powers machines Good position for right man Address K. C clo WID'S DAILY Orpanist for Wurlitzer Special V. must be steady and sober — good position, steady emnloyment, salary in accordance with ability, must furn*'sh demonstration. SCHADE THEATER. Sandusky, Ohio. POSITION WANTEdT" Piano player at liberty wants steady job. Best of references. Will go anywhere. D. T. care of Wid's Daily. jMA DAILY Black Cloud of Censorship FOR SALE. A new $fi0.(K) home projecting machine for $37.50. Attach to any socket. Projects full reel standard film Room 801. 145 West 45th Street. "The black cloud of State censorship of motion pictures is again seen on the horizon — at Albany. "It is to be hoped," says the New York Times, "that the fresh wind of clear thinking and artistic sincerity will soon blow it completely away. "Assemblyman William F. Brush of Orange County has introduced a bill into the Legislature that would establish a department of motion pictures, headed by a commissioner whose duties would include the censorship of films and the drawing of a salary of $7,500 a year. "The idea of a department of motion pictures for any of the several purposes mentioned in the bill is not attractive, but the writer does not care to speak positively at this time on any of them except that of censorship. "An official censor, any political appointee of a Governor, empowered to say what the people of the State shall see on the screen and what thev shall not see is an obstacle in the way of moral and intellectual progress as well as a czar whose existence is a denial of democracy. Official censorship is bad in theory and worse in practice. The very idea upon which it is based denies the fundamental truth that real growth and development must be free and experience gives abundant testimony to the fact that censorship is almost invariably characterized by stupidity, ignorance, and bigotry, and sometimes selfish interest. [ "No unbiased person denies that many photoplays are worse than trash. It is agreed among disinterested people that the influence of many pictures is not good. But this is no reason for an official censor, because of two facts: First, agencies of restraint and education are already at work correcting the existing evils, and, second, an official censor would hamper these agencies and fail to correct the evils. The evils would grow during his regime. Perhaps he would suppress a few scenes not good for young mirrds, but, unless he was such a censor as the world has never seen, he would permit the exhibition of many more scenes of unhealthful influence and suppress sincere photoplays whose influence would be good. His idea of what to suppress would almost certainly be born of narrow-mindedness. He would be guided by irrational rules and prejudices wellknown today for their efficiency in stunti-g and their incompetence in recognizing real values and true processes of development. He would be controlled by political and social b;as, regarding as evil anything that did not fit into his ready-made conception of what ought and ought not to be. "But this is discussing probabilities. The certainty is that the evil of official censorship is inherent in i ensorship itself. The production of wholesome, artistic photoplays is dependent upon the education of the public mind and taste, and educa-. tion, in this sense, means the power of selection properly exercised. This power comes irom practice under such favorable conditions asf are provided by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures and" many other community and private agencies. How can there be adequate popular practice in selection if an arbitrary censor is to do the selecting for everybody? Any standard maintained by censorship even if admittedly good, is established on sand and will not endure. The people, relieved from restraint, as they must be from time to time in the ordinary run of events, will turn to license, as they always do under the circumstances, and their last ■•fate will be worse than the first. Whatever standard ;s established by popular education is maintained by its own sure strength in the minds and hearts of those for whom it lives. It is their own creation. And it does not remain at a fixed level. The higher it is, the higher it tends to go. "All of this does not approve of license. The question of license should not enter into the discussion, because, in the police and courts, there are at present means for the suppression of any deliberately vicious picture. It is liberty that censorship attacks, not license." St. Louis — The Consolidated Theaters Co., owners of the Lindell, Maffitt, Montgomery, Novelty, Arco. Lafayette. Lovell and Cherokee, have bought the Kings, Park and Shenandoah. The deal was consummated with the Cella and Tate enterprises. WWffi/'d M WVP0N and STRIP WELPON.W1LLIAMS & UCHL-roMmmAR.V PBODlfEHS Take out the Jump We positively guarantee to frame up yotie inserts GUNBY LABORATORIES l45W4SST PH 8352 BRYANT Studio ForRcnt Fully Equipped PostVrs rltne: Bryant 5725 photos Exhibitors Poster & Supply Co. 209-213 WEST 48th ST.. 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