That marvel - the movie : a glance at its reckless past, its promising present, and its significant future (1923)

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viii CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE XV. — The Movie as a World Power. . 165 XVI. — The Movie and the Censor . .177 XVII. — The Movie as a World Language . 189 XVIII. — The Movie as the Hope of Civilization ...... 201 Appendix A — Statistics Showing the Scope of the Motion Picture Industry 215 Appendix B — The Screen as a New Life Giver to Literary Classics . 218 Appendix C — What Massachusetts Thinks of Motion Picture Censorship 221 Appendix D — Significant Dates in the Evolution of the Motion Picture 222 Appendix E — What the Movie has Done for a Great Railroad . . 224 Appendix F — Facts and Figures Showing THAT THE SCREEN HAS BECOME the First World Conqueror . . 225 Appendix G — Members of the Committee on Public Relations Cooperating with Motion Picture Producers and Distributers of America, Inc .... 227