The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-11
TUESDAY TUESDAY EVENING. JULY II, 1922.
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GETTING COLD FEET,

s#TMTAVING&paid a mint Of money to annex VIII
S=lESHHayss8t the motion picture exhibitors are also
sxhfbiting 9fsymptoms OF regret Some Of them are
s@beginning toswonder if Mr.. Hays may not prove to
lie white elephant, and after his speech before the
sEFederated sWomen's Clubs at Chautauqua, Pitts
shurghs exhibitors have compiled a rigorous Dues
ssttionalreswhich IS to be submitted to the head Of
ssfheir@interests The speech Of Hays evidently
nockedNthespictnre producers and exhibitors Tor a
sSgoaIsStogsta Sit&moderately
1M#a@M rgSSHays, attitude was first reflected in Fair
Joseph Roster. president Of the
Fairmont#Woman Club, brought back with her
fromsathe% Chautauqu a# convention a personal inter
Tfew&With SMr..#Hays in which he praised the work
gofztheSFci club censorship in Fairmont,8 confirming its
SsacdYitiesS&a right and proper means to secure
betterspicturesEforS community, and approving IN
its#@entirety#th the local club censorship program as
put8intoSacti the past winter. Needless to say
Observation-Disclosures the club women of this city,
s#and&those who believe that certain things must be
eliminated from motion pictures in order to make
themMhtTSSfors#t audiences who daily MI the
@g1heaters:sassS
ssYkeaterSOwner OF Western Pennsylvania, after
s%YeedingS resolved that Mr. Hays
ssshpulda answersfor them the following most inter
aAstingsquest1ons. M First, whether NJ. Hays was
8@sHvii1in1g Apply his remedy to the pictures made
saand ESdistributed by the Motion Picture Producers
and&Distributorsso Amrica; second, whether he
as#Willings to- personally review each picture, and
ay#whetherSitEne the standard set IN the Chau-
whether he would tell the
Afederatinn5an the rest of the public which pic
SfuTesStheysshou not patronize, and lastly, wheth-
@erghe%Would 8tell$the motion picture theater owners
for pictures which he might
sAdYise.theS8pub to stay away from.
taken on Mr.. Hays for the
purpose&of8gettin the motion picture business
by public opinion, the ex-
are getting#a bad case of cold feet. This
is mighty uncomfortable
5whileSitslasts,Hbu il Fairmont exhibitors could tell
how little harm comes to
theHmotionEp pictures business in decreased box re-
Sseeipts@s local club censorship, these
#PennsylYaniaFHfrai cats would allay their fears
@aad# .sHays#to direct their affairs without
@fuSther#protest.. The public will patronize good
I8pieturss smoreSfreely than it will indecent, vulgar.
sssauEgestive d Inns. IN fact the public will not stand
sfof#theslatter any longer. The worst Investment
hatMany@producer could make right now would
Sbe@togput&mone into the filming Of a salacious.
sin:lpral spicture.#@The picture producers and ex-
sssshsbitoTs are nnorbidly afraid of censorship. Will
HAYS e by all the means he knows
aWhoH.to&employ8to save the picture business from
gcaasosrship.sas##Th only possible way to do this is
tossAseIinninate the reason for censorship and the.
up. While it is unfair to
pictures with the saloon. yet
sthaHNoneSshon1 Ebe#a horrible exampleHto the other
aasaTh wrote its own obstruction upon the
to listen to
8waEnin The motion picture business
S#niEht& well doEthes same thing should 1t remove.
fom#its#personne dictatorship.