DW Griffith -- White Rose Now Under Ban in Ohio -- November 6, 2023

Motion Picture News, 03-November-1922

I have never seen The White Rose, which was shot on locations in the south. Mae Marsh had worked with Griffith since the Biograph. Ivor Novello was born in Wales. He was a playwright, a composer and singer. Someone called him "a minor league Noel Coward." Carol Dempster, Griffith's protégé, also played a leading role.

Motion Picture News, 03-November-1922

The Ohio Censor Board passed The White Rose in July, and then banned it in October because it was immoral.

Will's Friends Expect Him to Clean the Place Up in Short Order -- January 12, 2022

 

Daily Ardmoreite, 18-January-1922

Worried about scandals spoiling customers' views of Hollywood and leading to inconsistent censorship laws all around the country, motion picture industry leaders invited Harding Administration Postmaster General Will H Hays to come to California and chair the new Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America. The MPPDA created the Motion Picture Production Code, a list of dos and donts for filmmakers. We will hear more about the Hays Office and the Hays Code.

Exhibitors Herald, 28-January-1922