# 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?

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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.

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- [sourced_fact] 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. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts · source: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/17903/pg17903.txt

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