Motion Picture Classic (1923, 1924, 1926)

I he Remedy Foi ( Censorship mtinued from page 11) were i Jeneral Charles II * '>!<■. fudge Edward B. ( )'Brien, the I [onorable William 1 1. Carter and Mrs. Alfred I I eatherbee. Business men, bankers, professional men and worn en, labor leaders, ex sen ice nun, club women, teachers and clergymen all united to help. These united t<> make it clear to the voters, men and women both, that : i ! ) "Censorship means thai one man can determine what everyone in Massachusetts can see. What man i-> big enough and wise enough to have tlh^ power? Are we mi weak and pictures so bad that cur right oi selection shall be taken from u^? i nsorship mean fewer pictures, advanced prices and uninteresting amusement. (3) "Present laws fully protect the situation and prevent the showing of anything that is obscene, indecent, immoral or harmful. (4) "Back of it all is the age-old desire of a self-selected few to run a community and compel all people to do their will. It is not the common good that the reformer i concerned about. It is his selfish desire to compel everyone to adopt his peculiar standard and ideals. The censor who Ueves that adventure, dancing, cards and the showing of modern life is wrong, will classify them as immoral and forbid their showing on the screen. If the D narrow and bigoted we will be allowed to see nothing, and if he be broad and careless we maj see things which present laws make impossible. (5) "If we deliver up our right of selection we will soon be ruled entirely by ■ us and deprived of that liberty which h is made our country possible. There may occasionally be pictures which are open to just criticism and which could easily be stopped by anyone interested enough to bring complaint to the local authorities. There is no reason or argument for overturning the right of individual selection by the establishment of censorship." What was the result of this enlightened appeal to the puhlic intelligence: It was amazing. According to the Boston Transcript, a very conservative hut a very great newspaper : "In Massachusetts, for the first time in the United States, a proposal to establish a State Censorship of Motion Pictures came to popular vote and was rejected by a threefold majority. Such a defeat of one more effort to regulate the pleasures of a contented many according to the idea of an insistent few speaks for itself. The remedy for censorship is now entirely clear. Organize to tight. Form a club against censorship in your own home town. Go to your local theater owner and ask his help. particularly if you need a meeting place. Boost good pictures. Stay away from the poor ones. Co-operate with your state organization. If you haven't one, create one as they did in Indiana. There a voluntary state organization, in return for the co-operation of theater owners, recommends good pictures. 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