What subjects does the 1919 manual report the National Board of Censorship disapproved, what reasons are given for each, and how does the manual itself mark how reliable that list is?
1919 US trade advice, second-hand: Chapter XVI prints a list of seven headings 'disapproved by the National Board of Censorship' (unwritten law, crime, suicide, burglary, vulgarity, mischief, lynching). The authors say it is not an official list but a draft by a Selig Company man after a conversation with the Board's Secretary, and that it is incomplete. Reasons stated on the list are few (prevent suggestion of suicide to the morbidly inclined; avoid suggesting mischief to youth); the broader reason (children and undiscriminating adults in audiences) is the authors' own claim. Kidnapping is reported as barred by police of many cities, which is a different gate.
1919 US trade advice, second-hand: Chapter XVI prints a list of seven headings 'disapproved by the National Board of Censorship' (unwritten law, crime, suicide, burglary, vulgarity, mischief, lynching). The authors say it is not an official list but a draft by a Selig Company man after a conversation with the Board's Secretary, and that it is incomplete. Reasons stated on the list are few (prevent suggestion of suicide to the morbidly inclined; avoid suggesting mischief to youth); the broader reason (children and undiscriminating adults in audiences) is the authors' own claim. Kidnapping is reported as barred by police of many cities, which is a different gate.
Curator qualifications: The board list is reported second-hand and incomplete by the authors' own account; board documents not inspected.
Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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