The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1921-10-29
SKID Ell INTO HELL
 SAYS BILLY SUNDAY
Famous American Evangelist Con- dcmns Immoral and Lcentous
 Moving Pictures

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 "I hayc mover condemned ho thc- atrc as m institution. nor win ] condemn ttc movies as am usuu- aon bul uu uo, stand for Che rotten nua they often tolerate. The biggest mon u tho theatrical hrIuoa me constantly striving Go rut thc stage on a rIrhcr level and tl. public baH confidence iu those mon. don't uctd ,o name chem; mu., everybody knows chem And m. a..on and ae.re es most loved by th. Me American public are those who play m clean plays and live c'Ouu uro.
 rhe am. .h.ne can hold true of m. mou.. Because ot its cheap. ro. and Iu novelty and Its h.s ya- r,,y o. nuc.t tho movie has be. como immensely popular. 10 can .oaunl. o and become a power for ..,I a. ucu .. .hc most marvellous entertaining enterprise
 No License to Puwey Filth
 um nc movie has mo more busi ne. to nurrn uruuouucs and .u elr. and mh um Che pulpit
 rI rr. b.r. We are most Of us  rr.Irr lo ma..It caHcr iu th's coun- t-. to Io r-I, and harder Go do wrong and Il hat Ir't our ideal Wc u.ou.t any right Co claim American citizenship s1 Iet tlc movie inter- c.. mDc other We interests poii- m and 0..a. and religious. aim at buId.rr mp morals and no, tearing th nm down.
 10 does uot the whole business uII eo ou th. ruahah hean Amer i.a .s clean a. bcart and patient to Che a1 da.r.c bu, when she does m.s. nap H.r mind fo clean house. she acs .r quick tao devil stagscrs n. n.t.r knew wla, struck him whom .b. bundled mp Che licensed .a0on. and bdI.l thcm into hcll oa thc oboeu slide ol thc c,gh- .o.1n amendment
 Clean Plays Are Most Profitable
 .I understand that mo plays ukc 1yly Down EHc have been filmed au0 made money lor hcr producers Th. stage plays nat made Che record run of an records in Nov York are deu and wholesome There is abundant proof that thc s.ago and the mou. theatre do mot have Co uurI, t0 I.nusol taste.
 .Il Che nuhH. o'ova.cs a player to
 a.dom cha. star s under obIiea. uo. to tHe rutH. Sin is su; Che c0o.t is vor. for 1 public chauc- ter to b. guilty ol it chan for a pri- yal. Htnm W Influence for good or .vI .oo. mr and wide. Boys and girl bt m. hundreds ol thousands .oo her u,or.te. m heroic and ap- uwUue u.c.. They naturally idoal- uc hm cam think of nothing mo.. .or..mnub.e nan for a movie star to aHuucr thc confidence Of youth m things that arc clean and unr eht by being crooked iu his or hcr personal me-
 Don't pauon.zc Immoral Movies
 .rae reu-e d.ccnt honest bomoIosur Cod-loarne American ru.ou cam control uc situation and ayc Cine movie business from wreck. uout m.rm.. Hccnious. jazy m- natural. esesuye immoral pie me Don't Ict your children go. I'd rather nut a ratIouakc iu bed vu my boy chan am uucloau thought In hs boad Public opinion Is tae most potent material force iu Che universe A cons Iouuous dcter- imitation on ,bc part ol Che average cu.c0 to clean up Che movies win accomplish it m Tess limo chan it takes Co wind up a hundred feet of mm through Che projecting machine Tho real cause for tto censorship Of. Che movies Is the fae. chat hundreds. of thousands Of boys and girls and young people patron.zo them that| never ro near Che spoken drama.
 "Hu the censorship can do inius- |ce even to thc producer because his das'aud artistic viewpoint and an Che umc and vast sums spent Col produce mm must filter through Che often narrow. hieoiod censor who may hold ha job because ofI .omc political puI and Is no more .omnetent to judge picture than l. Iur ir f1 teach astronomy.