International Review of Educational Cinematography (Jul-Dec 1929)

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An English school master writes in criticism of the laxity of the censorship and of police regulations which allow children to attend cinema shows that are fit for adults only. {The Times, London) . Jean Morienval writing on the subject of the « Employment of Minors in the Cinema and in Theatres », refers to the French law passed in 1925 v^hich raises the age limit at which children may be so employed from 13 to 15 years. (Le Cineopse , Paris). The Censors of Maastricht and Sittard have ordered two cinema halls to be closed because immoral films were exhibited therein. The Dutch Association of Film Hirers have had the cinema theatres in both these cities closed by way of protest. {Film Daily, New York). The Senate of Wisconsin has not pasted the Bill for allowing Public Spectacles on Sundays. {The Film Daily, New York) . A leading article deals with the difficulty of preventing minors from attending spectables in public cinemas which are suited to adults only. {The Times, London) . Speaking at the International Catholic Congress at Munich, Dr. Canziani referred to the question of the moral and physical dangers which beset minors employed in cinematographic productions. {Italia, Milan). The Rev. D. R. Jones Falconer Fraser affirms that the cinematograph does not incite the young to crime. {The Film Daily, New York). Mr. Charles E. Milliken, Secretary of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors, expresses the view that, notwithstanding the efforts made by the American film industry to organize special programs for the young, a great responsibility must always rest with the parents in the choice of suitable spectacles for their children to attend. {Josy Journal, Cairo) , The Japanese censorship prohibits the projection of scenes in which kisses occur. (Kin emato graph , Berlin). The City of Montreal has decided to extend censorship to posters and photographs. {The Film Daily, New York). Mr. Grant M. Utson will lay a Bill before Congress at its forthcoming session demanding the « economic and political » censorship of all films intended for exportation. {Prager Presse, Prague). Mural posters announcing educational cinema shows are exonerated from taxation in France. (O. C. E. N., Lille). The Ministry of Fine Arts having been abolished in Rumania, all questions connected with cinematography, broadcasting, etc., have devolved on the Ministry of Public Health. {Lichtbildbuhne , Berlin) . Senor I. G. Veraz Sormani contributes a very interesting article on the moral improvement of the cinematograph. (El Man, Barcelona). Frau Maria Lazar contributes a thoughtful article on the question of the employment of minors by the cinematograph. {Der Tag, Berlin). The Soviet Commissioner of Education has issued a decree requiring al1, cinema advertisement posters to state the length of the film announced, the time taken by projection, etc. {Prager Tageblatt. Prague). Mr. Clarence Darrow, an ex-Magistrate, is the leader of the movement in Atlantic City against the prohibition of Sunday entertainments. {Exhibitors' Herald World, Chicago) . An article deals with a recent public ation in the « Echo dc Paris » in which Mile Andree Wanda sets forth her ideas on the cinematograph foi children along the lines adopted by the Childrens' Theatre. {Comoedia, Paris). — 492