Moving Picture News (1911) . FROM THE OBSERVATORYBy G. F. Blaisdell WELL, well! The local Censorship Board at FortWorth, Texas, is going out of business. The Boardhas reported to the appointive authority that there isno more work for it to do, following the receipt of notifica-tion that the National Board now passes on all films. Inthe future all that will be necessary in order to show a filmin Fort Worth will be to file with the Police Commissionera certificate that the National Board has passed the film. As a matter of fact, it is close on to two years that allfilms, licensed and independent
Moving Picture News (1911) . FROM THE OBSERVATORYBy G. F. Blaisdell WELL, well! The local Censorship Board at FortWorth, Texas, is going out of business. The Boardhas reported to the appointive authority that there isno more work for it to do, following the receipt of notifica-tion that the National Board now passes on all films. Inthe future all that will be necessary in order to show a filmin Fort Worth will be to file with the Police Commissionera certificate that the National Board has passed the film. As a matter of fact, it is close on to two years that allfilms, licensed and independent, have been scrutinized bythe National Board before being exhibited publicly. It maybe said of the Fort Worth Board that nothing it has doneso well became it as its final passing. In response to de-mands from more or less ill-informed persons in many com-munities, some of them anxious to attain a little cheap noto-riety in their home neighborhood, local boards of censorshiphave been springing up all over the country. Possess
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