Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-02
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United News S,an Correspondent.
NEW YORK. April It'll. volun-
tary censorship OF the spoken PLAY
on "adway Sc hcsitating jus: mis-
Side OF accomplishment. In tMo
weeks therpanci Of tn" 300 ur 800
names viii Ice selected and certified
10 Mayor iiylnn with tho hearty az.
rruval OF the Actors Equ.;p .sso.
citation and various reform organ:za.
tlnus and the rather surely consent
Of the Producing Managers Asso-
citation. Thereafter it Will he up 10
the Mayor to spin til" wheel anil
draw twelve names for each premiere
performance; tn" names or :. dtzca
nc" people Of certified morality and
numerous responsiveness whose S',rn
duty II VIII he To praise or dcnruncr
on moral grounds
The Producing Managers Asso -ia.
lion this week decided To sac5i'ire
valor for discretion nnd arccp: Tho
voluntary censorship plan. inasmuch
a. they We're very likely 10 com.
Under state censorship If insv r.
fused. Considering VIVA, tn. nice u!d
ladies' OF the Thanat"pSis club have
done 10 the mivcs since the various
state boards Wee constituted tn.
producing managers realize with z
deep sense OF i-Iief what an awful
hing tney ,Scsp.d and hnw liberal
a play jury might he II drawn from
from panel Of 500 averaGe-fair New
Workers.
Drmi Virgin Is Risquc.
But now tina; the jury j. 10 he
1t is not at all certain just how
iIberal the producers will lind tbs
most liberal OF American Cn'umuut-
ties. In fact, Scranton or Grand
Rapids. which have no play jurice
and whose movie ccnsors may enjoy
scandalous spoken play without
any obligation to make notes on The
naughty parts. Will probably enter
tain the racy comedies which New
York is forbidden To see Even now
Al GOODS is SAID To ne sending out
three road companies OF that famous
Naughty of Naughtics. THE Demi-
virgin which has been guaranteed
nasty by decision OF some court or
other. and they should Keep on travel d.
ing for months after The jury has
stopped the local production. which.
OF course. II will he eXected to do
because the Virgin has beer.
the gorl-gone wrong Of busy
theatrical season
For the next few seasons. while
the touring companies Of the "Dcmi-
virgin and one or two others are
still making their stands in the
smaller cities. the tired business man
Of New York may find his relaxation
in little sneaking trips to Providence
or Rochester to see n good snapnv
show"
1t seems to he understood. however.
mat the voluntary ccnsors OF New
York VIII not try to edit the plays
as some OF the movie ccnsors have
done. Motherhood will he rccog-
niZed. Too. as a decent and highly
commendablc natural PHENOMENON and
not condemned as il was bw the
PENNSYLVANIA mOvie board as some
thing licensious and likely to give
scandal. Babies still grow in cab
bage patches in Pennsylvania movies.
and there is even some talk about
this Santa Claus being n real per-
son. 1t was the fear of the movie
censors which caused the producers
" the film version OF THE Shick"
to rcwritc the scenario. marrying the
girl to the Shick before the story
started after which there was no
reason ut Ill for telling the tale
In fact, marrying them first made
the story OF the Shick n scandalous
one, for the public was thereby In
ritcd to take Il too-close view OF a
nicely-marricd couple In their desert
domesticity
Giidn Grny Reformed.
The South Sea Island nuisance has
been abatcd and Is to be followed
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