Word: cinema
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dramatic" moments. Sure it has Griffith's panning technique and a couple of great battlefield scenes, but why not cut these out and show them as slides? Or go see "The Red Badge of Courage," which is about fifty times as good. Filling in the lacunae of a few cinema snobs does not justify the risk of vilifying a race, or pandering to prejudices that are already on the verge of running riot. A burning cross is also a work of art; but at certain times and in certain places it is neither beautiful nor entertaining...
...glance at the conditions under which "Birth of a Nation" would have been shown casts doubt on Mr. Laskin's fears. The Boston Cinema Society selects films for their artistics excellence and for their contribution to moving-picture techniques. There is no reason to believe that a small group devoted to these artistics interests would break into a riot, regardless of the sentiments which a film might inspire...
When they heard that the Boston Cinema Society was planning to show Birth of a Nation, members of the NAACP and the Equal Rights Society began addressing fervent protests to the City Censor and mumbling ominously about picket lines. Even though the film is a great cinema classic, it does present a rabidly Southern view of the Reconstruction era, and, after all, this would never...
...City Censor of course played his part, refusing to grant the Cinema Society a license. He argued on a technicality, but admitted that strong pressure had been brought to bear on him. And even if his verdict has only a temporary effect, few Boston theater-owners dare to flaunt pressure groups that threaten to haul out the placards and begin marching. At any rate, Birth of a Nation, scheduled for April 25-27 and widely advertised as such, has yet to grace a Boston screen this year...
William B. Drexler '55, president of the Boston Cinema Society, announced yesterday that Charlie Chaplin's Academy Award winning movie "The Circus" will be shown today and tomorrow at the Fine Arts Theater in place of "Birth of a Nation...