New-York tribune., 1913-12-26
LONDON QUITS
SLAVE film PLAY
Warrants, Arrests, Censors
and Raids Too Much for
Producers Nerve.
BIG CROWDS PAY
HOLIDAY PRICES
Heroine" Praises Purpose OF
Picture Drama as She Plays
with Her Children.

Samuel u. London. whose name unhl
Yesterday appeared conspicuouslN IN all
signs and advertising for the moVihs
pictlre plav The Inside of the Nhlle
Slave Traffic" as the producer. had MN
self completely eliminated yesterday
from all connection with the produc-
tion as a result of the warfare the po-
lice have waged against IL. in which two
warrants were issued for his arrest
charging him with misdemeanor III
giving an indecent theatrical perform
anCe.
He has Quit cold was the way one
Of tbe managers of the exhibition eX-
pressed il Yesterday There were 100
many arrests and raids and too much
excitement in il for him He got ms
MI of it and is out entirely. lie mas
resigned as president of the Moral
Feature Film Company as you can see
his name has been taken out OF all the
signs at the theatres
Since the breaking of the storm ABOUT
the film play Mr. London made many
and various efforts TO mould II to the
liking of the police and others VINO oo-
iected to some of its scenes. OnueI
his direction many of the "raWest
scenes were cut out. but still the trouole
continued Last Tuesday, when MI
London and five employees of the Park
Theatre were arraigned before Masls-
4rate Murphy. Mr.. London approac"eu
Deputy Police Commissioner NeWour rse'
who engineered the police RAIDS aeaihs' :
the films. and offered to make any al
terations ne would suggest
Gruber as Censor.
You can't alter it 10 suit me az All
was Newburger's tart rejoinder' o'
iect to the whole thing
Then Mr.. London consulted WIN
Abraham Gruber, his lawyer. MI "ru-
ber accepted the post OF censor AZ o".
o,d beqan 10 lop off parts that ho
,ho,-bt might be Justly criticised ne
had not gone far before there was naru-
" ANYTHING left in the way ol '0'
tinuous film play.
after this Mr. London lost heart anu
,esterdav came his withdrawal MS oiS
couragement being completed pN the IL
s,,apce TUESDAY night of second "ai
rant for his arrest and the raid oy ."e
rolico on the production at the Bi)ou
,rbeatre in the face OF Justice Foro
Injunction. ,r,o
Itowever. the exhibition looked Ike
a having proposition yesterday Juueihs
from the crowds that paid adVahceu
"hoIldav prices for seats and surseo
IN and ont of the two theatres where
the exhibition was going on. despite the
rain and the radical cuts that have peen
made in the pictures.
About the only reel of the five IN the
ulav 10 escape the axe was the nitn
which the producers pride themselves on
as being the strongest from dramauc
point of view. as well as from the moral
.punch" il contains. in that final ana
crushing retribution is brought TO the
arch traffcker.
The leading womans character IN tnis
reel is played by Mrs. William Power
whose professional name is Miss Marjorie
bonner. She represents the blond girl
in the drama who falls into the clutches
Of George Fisher the cadet Of the piece.
After a struggle with him, in which she
hands him an awful wailop' with
chair knocking him insensible, she Is
rescued by the federal officers.
Heroine" Praises Play.
Miss Bonner was asked last night by
Tribune reporter TO give her opinion OF
the moral value Of the play She was
seen at her home. in The Bronx, in the
midst Of a real life scene that was as
opposite as could be imagined OF her
reel life" With her husband and her
two children she was having 'just the
iollest kind Of Christmas" as she said
about the family tree. One of the young
stcrs was astride Of rocking morse
while the other was pounding drum
Il think the film play presents very
very good object lesson for young girls
10 warn them of their dangers she said.
II don't see why there should be all this
fuss about it, know some have raised
the objection that IT might give pointers
10 young men on how the traffic is car
ried on. Well, suppose it might to those
who have an inclination that way, but |
think its warning to girls is sufficiently
,,rrtble ~ offset that