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(GF) Prolonged and passionate love scenes, when suggestive of immorality, will be eliminated*
CH) Scenes of houses of ill fame, road houses and immoral dance sha lis will be eliminated,
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(X) The theme of white slavery or allurement and betrayal/innocence will be disapproved*
STANDARDS OF MARYLAND STATE BOARD OF MOTION PICTURE CENSORS*
The Earyland Board of Censors has adopted no set rules and standards for censorship, being guided by the broad lines laid down by the law (sec, 6, Act 1916, Chapter 209) •» The board, however, has found It desirable to classify reasons for all rejections and eliminations ordered by the Board each year in order that the censors may be guided thereby, and the work made as consistent as possible*
Films are judged on their merits as a whole, with a view to the reaction on the average audience* bearing in mind always the effect on the adolescent and youthful mind* With regard to the latter, the Board endeavors to remove all scenes and references which might excite undue curiosity in relation to sex matters and crime, and where such scenes may not be rejected entirely, to render them unintelligible to the undeveloped mind*
It is impossible, however , to apply the same yardstick of standards to every film* The underlying principle of the story, the attitude of mind of the director as well as the theme and scenes presented must be considered* Art is not governed by rules*. As elements of sex and crime are the basis of all literature, so the motion picture must necessarily depict the strife between good and evil* Sex themes handled with proper restraint are permissible, likewise films depicting punishment of crime*
The film which is fundamentally good, but in which has been inserted a scene offensive to good taste and morality, presents no difficult problem to the censors* But the film which is fundamentally bad, and which yet contains no scene offensive to the most observing , requires the keenest analysis and judgment* The producer is too apt to cloak his most vicious production in the guise of a •moral* or •problem"' play
Exceptions were taken for the following reasons:
Suggestive comedy, stories built on illicit love, over-passionate love scenes, attempted criminal assaults upon women, nakedness and Indecent costumes, prostitution and interiors of disorderly houses, salacic w titles and captions, Inciting dancing, burning and branding of human beings, disrespect for the la'?, and condonation of crime especially by officers of the law, deeds of violence (lighting and throwing bombs, arson, train wrecking hold-ups, excessive gun play, etc*.)
Hen and women living together in adultery and without marriage, drinking and gambling scenes" made attractive, sex themes, treated without proper restraint, prolonged success of criminals, brutal handling of women and