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GERTRUDE SELBY
Who was the leading lady in "September Mourning," a play that was almost barred by the National Board of Censors, because they thought Miss Selby was not sufficiently gowned in several of the scenes. You can judge for yourself.
SKETCHING A BOVINE
Two impecunious artists, as hungry as they are artistic, are traveling in search of sketches and food. They sketch everything they see, and have many strange adventures. But the divine afflatus is not in it with the urge for dinner.
A Censored Play
«OEPTEMBER MOURNING" on the screen caused almost as ^ much sensation as "September Morning" on canvas. The censors objected to the costumes and to the lack of costumes. They refused to allow the film to pass, until it had been deleted, fumigated and recostumed.
There was considerable argument over the matter, and friends of both sides were called in to give expert opinions on the status of the play.
Opinions were about equally divided. Those who insisted that the film was not fit to be shown were met by a similar number of spectators who quoted "Honi Swat" and said no one with a clean mind could see anything wrong with the film.
"The picture is all right — it's funny and plenty modest,' said half the bunch.
"The picture isn't fit to be seen," said the censors. "No right-minded person could sit through that play and say it was all right."
So there you were. You paid your money and you took your choice.
After a week or two of wrangling over the matter, they compromised. The censors cut out a couple of scenes that did not appeal to them, and the show went on.
You can see for yourself what the pictures — some of them — look like. And you can form your own opinions.
SEPTEMBER MOURNING
An astonished little pickaninny poses for a revised sketch of an old idea and watches the progress of the sketch out of the corner of very bashful eyes. The artist dreams of fame and money while his puzzled model wonders what it's all about.
A STARTLING MOMENT
The artists wander into the sacred precincts of a girls' school, just in time to see the pupils practising a folk dance. They are lightly but artistically clad, and the artists welcome the opportunity for wonderful sketches.