THE CENSOR OF FILMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1625, 17 December 1912, Page 7

THE CENSOR OF FILMS.

Effi. ; BEDFORD DBAWSTSB LINE.

Mr; B. A. Bedford,'who was for many years Examiner of • Plays, an<l .who. has i'iisfc been appointed censor, of filins on belalf of the Incorporated Association of Kinematogrnph Manufacturers, which 19 the representative. ;SoCietjr : of. the filmmakers in the United Kingdom, states that his, appointment, was the outcome of; a; genera! desire on the, part of filmmakers to expurgate any- pictures of an objectionablo nature from thokanematograph theatres (reports the TDaily Mail"). : 'X;may possibly,",.he says,; "include among the examiners a lady to inspect pictures intended;for exhibition nt children's matinees, A register. of all' films passed ly,the censor, ;v/ill_ be- kept and kinematograph theatres will be invited to exhibit only those pictures which have been passed by the film, censor. To assist ihe in any difficulty which muy arise there will be a kind- of advisory committee .consisting of .three representatives of the'manufacturers, who will sit in. turn: for'short periods.-/ ■■••?-'; '■ '■•■■ "I shall act. on the' principle that a censor's duty"iJ not-to'act upon'his own opinions or even convictions when judging play's or pictures, but to'try to-form an estimate of what the.public will think of.:them." .■.',-,

'".. Mr. Bedford has 'already formed a list of subjects .for pictures.fWhich may'.possibly come under his Van as being-of- , tensive- to thepublic : :taste.- They, are:' Biblical .subjects, crime, compromising love;,situations, prize fights,.\dog ,fights, inked bathing, burial•• scenes,