All countries seem to have been awakened to this social danger.

The time when unsavory French comedies poisoned youth lies behind us.

A strong reaction has set in and the leading companies among the photoplay producers fight everywhere in the first rank for suppression of the unclean.

Some companies even welcome censorship provided that it is high-minded and liberal and does not confuse artistic freedom with moral licentiousness.

Most, to be sure, seem doubtful whether the new movement toward Federal censorship is in harmony with American ideas on the freedom of public expression.
But while the sources of danger cannot be overlooked, the social reformer ought to focus his interest still more on the tremendous influences for good which may be exerted by the moving pictures.