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Show THE PAYSONIAN, PAYSON, UTAH, AUGUST 19, 1921 rather a delicate matter, dont you know, better explained to a child by its parents than by a movies, to and the remarks music, of uncouth, partially initiated rough- The Movies as Viewed Critics From Many Standpoint s necks. Let us prevent theater owners from admitting minors to such MODERN MOVIES ACCUSED OF hero or CENSORSHIP OF PICTURES pen so requires that your NEW SLAUOHTEB OF INNOCENTS heroine again and again tumble into FOR JUVENILES ADVOCATED How the clutches of your villian. 14 A very charming young aetrcs they can be so infernally dense, stupid Let me make myself clear on or just as to fall in the the matter of appeared a while ago in a play the censorship of pictures w title of which I have forgotten. In trap set by the villian, when that for adults. . Let it be damned," is it ahe delightfully acted the part of trap is so obvious that children in tho emphatic comment of Richard a aelf willed maiden who, by amusing the audience sometimes will shout a lentinek, quoted from his convincing deceit and ditto reprehensible chican-er- y warning and very often groan in analysis of modern movies in. the exoitment really do now, and their circumvented her parents July Sunset. dunces triumph in real such show. stupid the conventiona. It was a good . But the child," he continues, There waa a bedroom acene, of course, life! the youth, the young girl or boy, The constant repetition before the whose innocence most of us would but it only bordored daringly on youthful eyes of life, or rather of rather like to see preserved together, th0 suggestive. I am abaolutey unable to under distorted life, full of thrills, with some other illusions of life, and escapes, alarums, coarse hu- faith, and spirituality the child can a stand what got into Lucile," love, poor manners, not or does not kick. mother confided to Bichard Bentinck, mor, And seeing author of a vital article appearing in improbable reactions it makes the an objectionable picture does hurt the July Sunset on modern motion poor innocents scorn the rather hum- it. And it sees many objectionable drum business which life really is pictures. pictures. and keys their reactions to daily One bas only to read over such , Lueile had been Suffering fnom various ealf love affairs tactfully ter- events up to a pitch of dramatic advertisements or the titles of the But emotionalism. minated by her devoted parent. movies to gmsp toe tenor of the Almost invariably the hero or tha this time she was suspected of anGlance over appeals for patronage. other one, so clandestinely conduct- heroine who triumphed in the end these few title picked at ramdom made the youngsters sick, the mushy from ed as to alarm the mother. among hundreds: dolls did. The villian he's usually as swift came as Man and Woman" While the Developments Reckless Wives" Devil Laughs" Lucile, it awful but grand. July Sunset. they do in the movies. Passion" Passions turned out, ran off and got married Play The Lucile had seen the charming young SEX SUBJECTS NOT SUITABLE Grand Passion" ground" FOB JUVENILE PICTURES Sex Passion Fruit." Love" petress in the delightful little comedy She had of tht forgotten title. Censorship! of parent taken the circumvention No matter what one would say Every sensible person knows that and convention seriously and followed if you take sex out of pictures, or about the movies, no matter what the example, the alluring, glamorous books, or the Bible or out of life authority one may possess, a chorus The you would hnve example of the smiling heroine. It of protesting voices is sure to arise. very little left. end to the scenario of Lucile s life (photoplay) includes sex because sex It is a chorus ably, if not always led by the moving pichas come at barely sixteen, as swift onters fundamentally into life be- serupulousy, and sure as it camo in the photoplay. cause a min, higher than ours made ture porducers, seconded by exhibitors ,and more or less readily echoed But the ending of Lueile 's was not sex the foundation of life." the stereotype happy one." This defense of one eminent mo- by a portion of the public persuad vie manufacturer is answered in the 0t to see in censorship another CHILDREN PBEFEB MOVIE Sunset by Richard Bentinck in ailment of its liberties similar to VTT.T.TAW TO HERO TYPE an article discussing the harmful1 he eighteenth amendment, the Blue influence of modern movies and plead- - Sunday laws and what not." aro enhaloedj ing for preventative measures against Criminal characters with the nimbus of romance, the ro-- j exposing children, at least, to the manee of being misunderstood and harmful effects of suggestive piccircum- tures. by embittered, persecuted The movies are with us to stay," But a mind higher than ours stances or unjust laws, and so forth also arranged our physical and men-- j says writer in the ad libitum. July Sunset, Tho villian is oftoner than not tal functions so that up to a certain, We have become nddicted to them Adults can see more romantic than the hero, certain-- ' age at least sex did not enter our as to a drug. The very fact that he life," answers the writer.- j ever they pLase, and if they pos- ly cleverer. Social evolution necessitates keep- sess minds worth bothering about is sure to be punished in the end gives him thnt glamour of fatalistic ing it from entering our conscious they can for themselves accept or Bex reject tlm thing flashed before their which his particuj life still a few years longer. Bex eves. Mo- Put children pan not. larly impressive to the juvenile mind.) is a mystery to thp young. vies one to the As for the .triumph of integrity! is the curse of life, child, the says minor, are of( Lord, what stupidities do you com the Spoon River anthologists. What-- j no less a drug than they are to . A dangerous drug, pel integrity to commit to give the1 ever it is, lets not dish it up to grown-upsWe did not permit villian his preliminary trumphs. Sus- - our youngsters in the pictures. Its youngsters xA half-witte- hair-breat- d eur-Jul- j what-eonscio- ( , y to imbibe at saloons in tho dear, dead olden days. Why should we permit them to imbibe at the occasionally far more dangerous fountain, the movie theater! American Can the intelligent public not appoint censors that are not fools or grafters! In other words, license the motion picture exhibitor. If his busi ness situation or location conijwls him to cater to minors, then let him duly present only motion pictures approved by tho federal censors for Permit the exjuvenile pictures. hibitor (o run any picture be cares to book, but revoke his licens,. whenever he admits minors to performances of plays not passed by the federal authority. "The pernicious influence of the motion picture on tho child mind, difficult though it may be to trace and mark concretely, this perniciAll ous influence must be stopped. the world may be stage, but let us in the name of all thnts fair, not permit the world to become a motion picture screen. " A JAA4A ill it A 01.0 J Every day in the week the popularity of the Skaggs Cash Stores is growing. People who know and appreciate the bargains we offer are taking advantage of our money saving prices. The man of wealth as well as the man of limited means appreciates our efforts to cut the high cost of living. Remember it is not what you earn that makes you rich but what you save. Why not begin to save now by making all your grocery purchases at Skaggs Popular Cash Store. 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"The thrill of being chased by a policeman; the glamour of being a desperate character with the option of renouncing some dny, in delicious ly emotonnl throes of high resolve and grim the evil ways and gaining unlimited admiration by th0 reform; the charming pnthos of an unhappy romance which always comes ont better thnn ever in the end anyhow all these youth (and not always youth only) has come When to look forward to in life. life fails to bring them, youth conduct itself so as to force them t, Quality Printing The Paysonian t from life." PAYSON, UTAH IF YOUR CAR is not working just right take it to 3 Mast Memtt Who has opened an Auto and Traction Repair Shop at the Reynold Garage, across from the Orem Depot. A Marine Spectacle. A captain of an Atlantic liner was bothered by a woman passenger who was always inquiring about the pos A dozen sibib'ty of seeing a whale. timos a day she besought him to have her called if one hove in sight. the captain asked But madam, her rather impatiently, after long suf feming in silence, "why are you so eager to see a whale!" "Captain," she answered, my desire in life is to sop a whnlo blubber. It must be very impressive to wnteh such an enormous creature cry." Harpers Magazine. Making It Special attention to T?acto? and Efficiency, Moderate , i Charges muiunfiinnninannnimiiiiniiiiiiif Fast. Keep." . - j hard to tell in some countries Is this a fast train!" the whether liberty is preserved or canned. man asked the conductor. Washington Post. i Tt is Work Of course 4 sales- it is," was the reply. Would yon thought it was. see what to inmd my getting out BelL Sonora it is fast to!" T |