Which subjects does the 1919 manual tell a writer to avoid for reasons of patron offence, taste or editor preference (religion, politics, famous people, cruelty, depressing plots, stale themes), and what reason does it give for each?
1919 US trade advice: for religion, politics, famous persons and cruelty the authors give a patron-and-market reason (offended patrons stay away; exhibitors and editors lose good will; films travel abroad) and a taste reason, not a legal one. Politics is allowed if heart interest predominates, sad pictures are allowed, and hackneyed themes are an editor preference. The text reports that religious objection in 1911-12 led to some pictures being 'suppressed' but does not say by whom or under what authority.
1919 US trade advice: for religion, politics, famous persons and cruelty the authors give a patron-and-market reason (offended patrons stay away; exhibitors and editors lose good will; films travel abroad) and a taste reason, not a legal one. Politics is allowed if heart interest predominates, sad pictures are allowed, and hackneyed themes are an editor preference. The text reports that religious objection in 1911-12 led to some pictures being 'suppressed' but does not say by whom or under what authority.
Curator qualifications: Taste/patron-offence limits.
Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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