Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-08
C%s Daily Movie Magazine
THE MOVIE FANS
LETTERBOX
By HENRY NJ. NEELY

nouse"he WIN thc reSPo'i'ipii''s VI
family on my shoulders, time - ra'ner
nard thlhg lor ME TO nnu' am iio'
gong TO attempt to crltlcNe any OF . Lne
pic5ures OF playets, pefauS1 i ~ tgt, ,,,, snn
sibly do it, and l am quite satisfied to
be guided by your Judgment in the
matter. but l would like to thank you
Tor little remark that you made sew
eral months ago, ana L am surprised
that no one else mas mentioned 1t before
this.
.'As 7 never was blessed with n GOOD
memory | emit remember the exact
words that were used. but some one
had become very angry about our
Hoard of Censors. and then later OH
had mentioned seeing n line of children
outside of one Of the theatres, and you
said that that was Just the reason why
Won felt we should have cpnsors that
while they were only human, and apt
70 make mistakes, the same as any
one else. they did try at least to keep
rho movies fit for the children to see,
and from then on, YOU have been a
friend of mine.
1--WE have a boy eight years old fn-
tes with us without having to fear that
he will disturb any one else. as he has
been trained to keep auiptO and while
20 for yn have seen to it that he
bssr't soon nnvthing that he shouldn't
.aa rooIizo thot we cant keep that
81, 81, lis ITO IN foct we have had
r.nn, ".amnorts on the subject
sS,.aI,.
..In' tho noighhorhood in which we
=. =; ,"e ,..,s,ar,, fnr thn children to
i've ~ 10 ''i .y, ,.oni, Nnrv
y. aiohe senen"n ,,., ,,ot or,y Gon't know
o,'en 'neil pa, L,,, o,',to 80 coo hut
Wnat plc!urP lnei nav ci. Louso ,Lcv
tney uoh I eve" H"o" ""''
h"Nt so'i, w. ,.,,,,,, or, +bo ,rou.-
One day several W'rNS ago ,,n"nd Wv 'r,,'n
aser or mouse "rou''N Nv. n,,a,. 80
that ne Wouiu glNe plI"r W. n s,
every chlla attending 'ie oHt"'I"I I,.aI - to,
crnoon performance taINe', ~
boys ranging IN az" from SiN W i"ut ...,,
teen. Ihey were al on .L'e'L .L way c,,o W'ot of
and not one OF them knew tn" h"lue VI
the picture he was going TO see.
Nov don't you think thNt 'hlS j.
good chance for you TO do some nus
sionary work? After all, 1t Is to the
future generation that we must look TOR
the salvation of the world, and the
r,oyies ,re such n wonderful opportu
nitv for the uplifting and betterment O'
the children, if we could only get the
nnrents Interested We have so many
GOOD clcon pictures. that It seems n
shame 10 allow the children TO see the
2, Srosh that ia mt out by the majority of
tha sr,oIIcr houses !"
>A'
(As Won know, I am thoroughly in
accord with YOU, but every time I ex-
nress mvsolf on the subject Of censor
ebin 7 cor myself thoroughly hated by
srarrrhoSv-hy tho censors themselves
, . .,,oy do etrn,d things. and
hhrcaIhse pr .h fons nsS haccusn u tolerate censor
y; nm pnt T do beIteva thn time
snlP P d. an I"n tI,a soIo function of
Will co'nc 1ooiJo which
the censors VIII J De W u'o oerto;n oga
EieIuieo nr, w ~, a r'bo, viii hov.
snali or stlul' 'ot Tpe n,d va what
no authorlIy 10 'rn sou u..u .no a,f,o
Is good ana pad p'r"use nd va az aro Hnit Ha,,its
ro,, and could decide which pictures
I,ero 90 ,jarinplv dangerous az to come
,,rdor +bo noIicn control which exists
,,ab+ now fnr tho regular theatres. I
sn,, ~" oie 60 robid obout some
enouio' De . :s .hndno,, ,rora rut
or tncse plctures II
adm'lte" u 'Aen.''
.,, .,-oI. borr
Dolores writes IN I,n,. m"C" noL T
SOD sister, dea nt'e iirrn,S ,ho, .ora m,, i1
1ust can s'ahd II to '"IIN .n"t o,',,ht
some one over Wn"th 'nl,n.nt .Il si'S;ii
70 be spilled ana III not ,hr'r !" I'tr,
80 please tSll me r'shi aMmi 'TtnE+ ,hnt vii
81 De hochelolt "a. so cor mn,
bring real tear 10 my eye, SO can P"'