The sun., 1913-12-23
CENSORS CONDEMN
WHITE SLAVE FILM
Park Theatre Moving Picture Is
Put Under Ban Of Ma
tiOnal Board.
SHOWN At NEW THEATRE
Producers Expect to Make 81.
500. 900 on Movie Police
Are Fighting.
SHOWN At NEW THEATRE

The moving picture play "Tne inside OF
IT,. White Slave Traffic. which Is being
shown at tn" rark Theatre. Was con
d.mned az unit by IT,. general committee
Of tn. national board of c'isors OF inoN-
ing pictures after a special eAhibi,ioh "'
the hlm Yesterday morning Fourteen "
til. twenty members OF the committee
headed by president Frederic {. Howe
of the Peoples Institute, witnessed III"
performancc and the vote against IT was
Il to l. one man not voting.
THIS action. while 1t will probably result
iu 8, ban on this hm in 80 cities ana
towns throughout the country, VIII hot
necessarily result in its being taken or
ut the Park Theatre. The national board
has the power to suppress. through the
polce. any tilm it condemns IN moving
picture place, but since this one N being
shown in a theatre the board is help
less.
II can. However. send 10 the police
authorities in all the places II operates
and through It's local representatives warn
them that the film has been coUueiiined
and should not be allowed. Csualis 'his
course has had the erect OF pafrlhs All!
pictur.s that were 80 treated
While the Inside of the W hlte SlaNe
Traffic" WAS condemned, II was not "".
uounced for all occasions. me sehera' !
hoard thought that 1t might pe AL 1sn'
for special audiences, nut tha' III "
theatre where the audiences were 'hiNeu
consisting of young and OLD OF DOL" seN's'
it was dangerous At, .. -,
,,. ,noyinp picture people In most cases
hut this hlin IL owned hy company
that is not in this agreement
S,,nuel G. London and his associates
am, ,o right ahead and produce IL, wi'n-
o,. violating any covenant win 'te 'on'"
A week ago Mr.. London was toiu .nN'
the board recommended cer'"'' '""".es
Yesterday morning the nm was eN'''n,r.u NJ
IN lis supposedly altered form Inc
.onsnrs disapproved OF it under the new
oomai,ions They will now report 10
Navnr Kline and the police officials or
John collier of the general COM
uittea said last night that there would
probably be "a jury trial OF the ease since
Tho MAYOR has no power TO iorp'u the
production,
The producers Of "The inside OF the
White Slave Traffic" expect tn make
81 800. 900 In the coming year Al
ready in this city the exhibition
of white slavery evils and brutality
has proved To bc one Of the most prof1t-
able ventures ever undertaken In an i'm.
ncnsely profitable business
The daily receipts from the play IN tho
Park Theatre have averaged In the neigh
| borhood of 81 500. and yesterday Samuel
c. London and his associates and hackers
| installed the picture play In the Bijoi
| Theatre, whcr" the receipts are expected
| 70 approach 81 900 daily.
| There is a coincidence In the fact that
damage suits filed or In preparation AZ a
! result Of the controversy over the white
slave play nearly equal the expected prohts
Il the producers. Suits against the pro-
ducers aggregate s1.obO.0 900. and tho pro-
drcers are preparing "a suit against Third
Deputy Police Commissioner Newburger
for $780, 900.
Frederick Il. Goldsmith OF counsel for
tn" producers said yesterday that hs
was preparing the complaint to be sub.
mitted against Mr. Newburger. but thai
| the suit would be held In sbeyance until