Screenland (Sept 1922–Feb 1923)

Page scan 000232 from Screenland

Record Details:

Title:
Screenland
Date:
Sept 1922–Feb 1923
Publisher:
[New York, Affiliated Magazines, etc.]
Volume:
Screenland (Sept 1922–Feb 1923)
Leaf #:
000232
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Periodicals","Television broadcasting -- Periodicals
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System and Fan Magazines
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Mid-range fan magazine. Ran from 1920 to 1952, at which point it changed its name to Screenland Plus TV-Land. Merged with Silver Screen in 1971 and ceased publication. -- Anne Helen Petersen, 2013. Secondary sources consulted: Inside the Hollywood Fan Magazine by Anthony Slide and MovieMags.com.
Date Added:
August 08, 2024
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(? MOU.VWOO0 CALirOtlNIA en is Nudity *Jlt Is Largely a Alma Dolly BeaUe, a Mack Sennctt girl (left) shows the type of bathing suit barred by screen censors, while Viora Daniels of Christie Comedies (right) appears in a costume permitted. M ODESTY and immodesty are strictly feminine nouns. In French all nouns are either masculine or feminine. They leave no doubt. So any male who exhibits either of these traits is just plain effeminate. But who cares a whoop about masculine modesty anyway ? The only seething, palpitating questions that rock the pulpits, stagger the Puritans and boggle civilization are those appertaining to feminine modesty. Civilization has been alarmingly imperiled about once a year since its influential inception — and always by female clothing. The way civilization stands up against this persistent and frightful jeopardy is most commendable. By every logical theory, it should have fizzled back into barbarism centuries ago. Civilization is even now recovering its equilibrium after the last shock of the short skirts. Woman, the hussy, actually showed her legs, shamelessly proclaimed to a startled masculine world that she not only had knees but didn't care who knew it. And that wasn-'t all — she exposed 22