Wid's Year Book 1921 . flashes of film*for each subtitle or scene eliminated marked with iwords, this part of the picture eliminated by ?your Board of Censorship, it would not be long;until a great wave of sentiment would wipe outa silly and ineffective censorship. AI, E. CHRISTIE,Believes in Studio Censorship I believe in censorship—the censorship that be-gins at the studio. The bogie of censorship would never have-thrust his ugly head between the producer and the-exhibitor on the one hand and the public on theother if the producer had not, himself, created thedifficulty by recklessness, care
Wid's Year Book 1921 . flashes of film*for each subtitle or scene eliminated marked with iwords, this part of the picture eliminated by ?your Board of Censorship, it would not be long;until a great wave of sentiment would wipe outa silly and ineffective censorship. AI, E. CHRISTIE,Believes in Studio Censorship I believe in censorship—the censorship that be-gins at the studio. The bogie of censorship would never have-thrust his ugly head between the producer and the-exhibitor on the one hand and the public on theother if the producer had not, himself, created thedifficulty by recklessness, carelessness and a crim-inal tendency to destroy a splendid industry. The-righteous are now suffering for the evil done byothers, and we HAVE censorship. With producers conscientiously striving to give-the public clean, wholesome entertainment—andthere really isnt any other kind—and with poli-tics and bigotry eliminated from censorship boards,there will be no danger wrought to the pictureindustry. MACK SENNETT. 205. THOMAS N. HEFFRON Director Famous Players-Lasky LATE RELEASES: SHAM with Ethel Clayton LITTLE CLOWN with Mary Miles Minter A KISS IN TIME with Wanda Hawley FACE VALUE THE LOVE CHARM TOO MUCH WIFE BOBBED HAIR M. P. D. A. 206 The Foreign Invasion Inquiry directed to the leading executives of the industry with reference to whateffect the so-called foreign invasion has had upon the industry results in many inter-esting expressions, the bulk of which however, indicate that America has no need tofear the showing of foreign pictures. Worry Not Justified Too much worry and thought has been devotedto the so-called foreign invasion. If there is meritin a foreign production there is no reason whythe exhibitor should not show it. The introduc-tion of foreign stage plays has not ruined ournative drama; neither will it harm our it is an incentive to American artists all thebetter. To date we have had a few productions,the cream of foreign manufacture. Coming at anoff
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