Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-17
EVen.ns VEN as'l,, Yesterday l4lUO
THI RSDAY, FEBRUARY, ~ l9zl'
prroRNINe THE ~MOyIES."


REFORMING THE ~MOylEs.
Tne International Reform Bureau
4c activities of which are direc'eu W
Ilbur + Crafts. who has been iRht-
. immortality and vice for htV years
nd moro. Is beginning a nation-wide
=. =, ,bo indecent films which are
,,..n An many OF the motion piSnre
.haatr.s In America
This Bureau, through its various stats
,sents. IL attempting 10 have enacted
certain statutes which would provide Tor
r,ey regulation of all motion PICTURES
A general petition. which has oeeh
c,.Iled broadcast. begins Ia these woidS,
W. earnestlv request our CITY
s.tbsrs" 70 protect Cur youth. also
cur manhood and "omahhoou'
.sain~t motion pictures Of vicious
.na criminal tendency. 10y refusing
u-,n.a a. exhlhit except 90 those
wto viii submit all pictures. Tor
,,s,s~ and outside use alike. TO 10
~. s,,ner,ision or a censor commit
tee.
We ask tho earnest cooperation
rf IT
~ ~ fathers. teachers. and paTens
IN This cfor, a. make our amuse-
rn~nta clean and wholesome.
,c,slsf,,,f movie" fans who have
taken timo on for reflection. say that
tpe average motion picture today IS
- calculated 20 stir up anything but
,ra haser emotions IN man IN" ma
.,,.t, ~ the members Of the human
-.co arc decent. and ninety mine ana
,,r,,. ,c,,r ono hundr~dth. nor cent of
percnts wish their children 20 sec noth-
~ which would impair morals some
r,rrn ~ censorship seems imperative
srt what kind shall Il be-
We 10 not believe that police censor
.b,r coula ever be effective. We
A,,er,can. DO not like that word
-ccn-crshir- N r1lacks too much oi
sr-o,rn methods or the old regime
Once establish a municipal or state
censorship which has great authority
T. ono hcld and the demand VII arise
sor censorship ~ everything
", what is 10 be done when one a
,e, greatest stars IN FINLAND appears
a. o r,.turc. which shall not name
Interested observer who analyzcd fh'
production
picturesque presentation. IN
ertartai coloring. 81 Near East
customs, ideals and daily life-with
ernphasis on blind fate. Scene Iad
n Ra gfad events 81 only single
a.y shown Very heautiful ana al
,urtns Details az revengeful schern-
tng conspiracy. murders ne
w-~., objection II IS very
gr~a+-t. IN pictures Of tTvo hare'ns
MOTT iasrivious dance is intro
tuced-tn excite the passions OF
IN. un-osponsive Cariph, whose
i,,~ IN IS already given 10 an
rsh,- Girls naked IN and about
h~.hins pools Attempt by a iust-
~ ,i-ftOr a. night 10 overpoNef
woman IN harvru by brute force
C.o-r-ous coloring. charm OF setting.
rr~ music, with interest OF story
,vrnt,ne 20 make sins OF lust, re-
rrns~. and murder less obnouous
ane more aIlurfnE Very ob)ecton-
able. but exceedingly popular
Crxyu-f. gather 20 see IL
Yes that picture WAS shown In WI
-Y.nston. and IL IS truo that crowds
men. women. ant children did gatht
- 80 g. others who saw the exhio
..v mat the lascivious note was en-
,nasi-ed. and that the effect of the pr'
suction was o. paint vice and imnC
r-aiitv IN rose cOlors.
What "a 70 be done about IL
We dc not want G censorship The
S-hy not appeal 70 the exhibitors
.hoV decent films, which possess le'
sf the soroid lure Back comes Il
,u~xer from the exhibitors. We ha'
/. living 20 make. and must earn r
turn on our investments. The publ
nav n sec ihis trash-but Il won't pe
u see decent films.
This Il tho truth Of The matter II
rubuc PAYS 70 sec this trash. but
WONT pay 70 see decent films" II
t..g. censorship lies within ourselve
a revolution overnight would occur
ne motion picture industry Il al Anne
"a demanded nothing but clean fin
within twenty-four hours the produ
- would be throwing their he-and s.
~,r1ps off the lot." and would be ca
ing for decent stories 20 be filmed.
Benjamin H. Hampton president
four film producing companies and II
president of another. contributed a We
interesting article on this subject
the Pictorial Review recently Said y
Hampton. in part
Nearly all our leading sex-ap-
rYealers manufactured movies of
clean domestic grade until compet-
ton forced them into seX-stuff
children everywhere are receiving
more -educatiou iii feminine
anatomy, IL crooks methods and in
other phases Of manners and NOR
ais ia a month than adult huma rs
formerly received in a lifetime.
Mr. Hampton later expanded
views. and declared that nothing /
clean films would b. shown if only t
public called for them. IF pull
opinion expresses itself against uncle
sex pictures such pictures will disappe
lrom the screen as quickly as v
pictures disappeared. Picture produc
and theatre owners with fortunes
vested in this industry are anxious
sec unclean pictures driven out ri
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