Chapter II: Introduction: BY WILL H. HAYS v

I. —THE MOVIE’S NEW SIGNIFICANCE 1

II. —THE MOVIE AT ITS BIRTH 19

III. —THE MOVIE’S FIRST STEPS 33

IV. —THE MOVIE GOES TO THE BAD 45

V. —THE MOVIE DEVELOPS A CONSCIENCE 59

VI. —THE MOVIE AND THE LIBRARY 69

VII. —THE MOVIE’S APPETITE FOR PLOTS 81

VIII. —THE MOVIE AND THE CONTINUITY 93
WRITER

IX. —THE MOVIE IMPROVES ITS MORALS 103

X. —THE MOVIE MAKETH—WHAT KIND OF A 115
MAN?

XI. —THE MOVIE AND THE COMMITTEE ON 125
PUBLIC RELATIONS

XII. —THE MOVIE AS A PEDAGOGUE 135

XIII. —THE MOVIE INTERPRETING THE PAST 145

XIV. —THE MOVIE TAKES ON NEW FUNCTIONS 155

XV. —THE MOVIE AS A WORLD POWER 165

XVI. —THE MOVIE AND THE CENSOR 177

XVII. —THE MOVIE AS A WORLD-LANGUAGE 189

XVIII. —THE MOVIE AS THE HOPE OF 201
CIVILIZATION

APPENDIX A—STATISTICS SHOWING THE 215
SCOPE OF THE MOTION PICTURE
INDUSTRY

APPENDIX B—THE SCREEN AS A NEW LIFE 218
GIVER TO LITERARY CLASSICS

APPENDIX C—WHAT MASSACHUSETTS 221
THINKS OF MOTION PICTURE
CENSORSHIP

APPENDIX D—SIGNIFICANT DATES IN THE 222
EVOLUTION OF THE MOTION PICTURE

APPENDIX E—WHAT THE MOVIE HAS DONE 224
FOR A GREAT RAILROAD

APPENDIX F—FACTS AND FIGURES 225
SHOWING THAT THE SCREEN HAS
BECOME THE FIRST WORLD CONQUEROR

APPENDIX G—MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE 227
ON PUBLIC RELATIONS CO-OPERATING
WITH MOTION PICTURE PRODUCERS AND
DISTRIBUTORS OF AMERICA, INC.

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That Marvel—The Movie

CHAPTER I

THE MOVIE’S NEW SIGNIFICANCE

_Civilization in Peril—Leaders of Thought give Warning—Mankind Repeats Old Errors—Needs a Universal Language—The Motion Picture the Only Esperanto—Can the Screen Save the Race?—Why a History of the Movies is of Crucial Importance._

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