The film, its use in popular education (1922)

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Record Details:

Title:
The film, its use in popular education
Date:
1922
Publisher:
London, Grafton
Volume:
The film, its use in popular education
Leaf #:
00017
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Robarts - University of Toronto
Sponsor:
University of Toronto
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
26
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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INTRODUCTION 13 protection of childhood, and also from firms having an interest in the film business, pro- ducers and importers of films. Special ex- hibitions for children were advocated. This important phase is treated upon at some length in this volume. The film has, however, a wider sphere than in the confines of the juvenile— that of the adolescent and the adult, summed up in the one term of " the Public." " Public instruction should be the first object of Government," declared Napoleon (although Buonaparte never foresaw that he would be so ignominiously filmed in divers manners for the " instruction " of posterity). It is incredible, however, how much instruction the Public receives from the cinemas. It is, therefore, an enormous power for good or for evil. It is well to review the position in this volume and not to shirk the issue. All manner of indictments have been levelled against the cinemas. Writers have vied with each other in their condemnation. " The producers have prostituted a noble, useful,