Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-06-21 | Page 6 | Film Cleanup is Demanded

FILM CLEANUP IS DEMANDED Catholics Meet With Cinema Men to Discuss Ban Banon Banon on Smut CINCINNATI Ohio June Junc 21 1 P IP- IP Four bishops of the tho Catholic church met representatives of or the motion picture pic ture Lure industry here today to demand demanda a cleanup of or salacious movies Meeting at the Episcopal residence of ot Archbishop John T. T of Cincinnati he head d of the League of ot DC Dc- a a Catholic movement for movie reform were reform were Bishop John T T. of Los Angeles Bishop John F. F Noll Noil of Ft Wayne Ind md Bi Bishop hop High Boyle Bole of Pittsburgh h and J. J E E. Breen virtual director of movie morals Martin Quigley New York theatrical cal publisher was expected during the he dl day as A ft motion picture taU c While the conferees met behind closed doors a 1 source close to the archbishop revealed that signatures signatures sig rig natures have been obtained d in the Cincinnati archdiocese e alone to the League eague of or Decency with thousands of oC others throughout the dioceses ot of f the church in the United States The league organized barely six months ago pledges members to stay away from all movies termed salacious sala- sala toils clous and immoral It n Is a principal of the Catholic Church that man should stay away from rom the occasion of ot sin the high authority said raid For boys to view motion picture Scenes depicting depleting the Infidelity to the marriage vows or showing nude women women wo wo- men affects their basest passion passion passion-it it may affect their entire life We Wc have nothing against motion pictures as such uch but want them cleaned up We want vant their tone to be elevating not degrading We seek the elimination of f the filth and smut from motion pictures pic- pic tores tures