Motion pictures as a phase of commercialized amusement in Toledo, Ohio ([c1919])

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Record Details:

Title:
Motion pictures as a phase of commercialized amusement in Toledo, Ohio
Date:
[c1919]
Publisher:
Toledo, Ohio, Printed by Little book press
Volume:
Motion pictures as a phase of commercialized amusement in Toledo, Ohio
Leaf #:
00073
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion pictures, Social surveys","Amusements -- Ohio Toledo
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
University of California Libraries
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
"A selected bibliography on moving pictures": p. 216-219
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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AMUSEMENT IN TOLEDO, OHIO 67 II. THE NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW OF CENSORSHIP This organization is an attempt to : protect the film industry. There is no " question but what much benefit has been accomplished as an advisory board. It has been practically powerless, however, to compel the manufacturers either to submit their films or to ob- serve their suggestions. The Board is also further handicapped by having no legal status. _ , A volunteer band of censors is ap- Personnel -, . n . . c . , * pointed to view all of the films exhib- ited in New York City, and to make recommenda- tions as to any possible change. It is estimated that the Board reviews ninety per cent of all of the dra- matic motion pictures exhibited in the country! Each reel is censored before circulated and copied from twenty to one hundred and fifty times. The criticism is effected by two hundred representative persons. Few reels are ever totally destroyed and condemned. A General Committee serves as a Final Board of Appeal. This committee is composed of representatives from influential organizations—such as the League for Political Education, the Federa- tion for Child Study, the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A., the Federal Council of Churches of Christ, the People's Institute, Prison Association, and oth- ers. .,, . , ~ .. . The Board sends weekly Bulle- Weekly Bulletin .. ., .. fr tins, without cost, to police offi- cials in every city, and professes willingness to ad-