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tains an ample exposition of the principles and practice of film censure in various cuntries. Stress is laid upon those principles and practices which are very similar in different countries and those which are widely different. There will also be considered the effects of film censure on the trend of production, administered either by a government department as in most European countries and in Latin America or by autonomous commissions composed of representatives of the cinema industry itself or of institutions or associations having for object the care of public morals and especially the spiritual and moral welfare of children.
The Conference at Rome has called attention to the fact that generally speaking women have little or no part in the control of films and it has insisted that they should be given a general and widespread representation in these matters. For, to the woman, as mother and protector of the home, there falls a large part of the moral and spiritual education of children, a larger part perhaps than that which falls to the lot of the man as husband. Additionally, it seems natural that, whatever kind of control is exercised, the feminine element should be admitted. The I. I. E. C. heartily endorses this.
As for censoring systems, both sides of the question are presented respectively in the reports of Mme Matz and. Mme Diehl. The first of these advocates official control, the second on the contrary advocates auto-control influenced by the opinions of private organisations having for object the moral safety of the public and the welfare of children. The I.I.E.C. cannot for the moment give its opinion on this question which admits of such different solutions and which may be ably argued on both sides. In its work on the censure, the pros and cons are fully developed. Nevertheless a real solution must necessarily be the outcome of a long and profound discussion of the whole matter, a discussion to which this review opens its pages and which alone can bring about an international discussion of the problem.
Some points of the discussion which resulted from Mme Matz's report are well worth noting.
Mme Ambrose Diehl (United States) observed that in order to safeguard the artistic side of film work, censorship should be actually practiced in the studios in order to avoid susequent arbitrary cuts. In America each State has its own censure which clearly complicates the whole matter.
Mme Gilman (United States) emphasized the difficulties of censorship in the United States where each separate State has a legislation of its own on the matter. Also the mentality of the public varies extremely according to the district. A studio censure would do away with all local censorship in the United States because the number of imported films is Very small.
Mme Dulac (France) spoke of the censorship in two degrees as exercised in Belgium and said that this system would meet with the support of the intellectuals as it safeguards the artistic interests in film work.