PAYNE FUND STUDIES OF MOTION PICTURES AND SOCIAL VALUES/MOVIES AND CONDUCT (1933)/MOVIES, DELINQUENCY, AND CRIME (1933)/MOTION PICTURES AND YOUTH (1933)/CHILDREN'S ATTENDANCE AT MOTION PICTURES (1935)/THE EMOTIONAL RESPONSES OF CHILDREN TO THE MOTION PICTURE SITUATION (1933)/THE CONTENT OF MOTION PICTURES (1935)/HOW TO APPRECIATE MOTION PICTURES (1937)/OUR MOVIE MADE CHILDREN (1935)/GETTING IDEAS FROM THE MOVIES (1933)/MOTION PICTURES AND STANDARDS OF MORALITY (1933)/MOTION PICTURES AND THE SOCIAL ATTITUDES OF CHILDREN (1933)/THE SOCIAL CONDUCT AND ATTITUDES OF MOVIE FANS (1933)/CHILDREN'S SLEEP (1933)

PAYNE FUND STUDIES OF MOTION PICTURES AND SOCIAL VALUES Published by Arno Press and The New York Times, 1970

MOVIES AND CONDUCT (1933) BY HERBERT BLUMER Hardcover, $9.00: 280 pages.

MOVIES, DELINQUENCY, AND CRIME (1933) BY HERBERT BLUMER, and PHILIP M. HAUSER Hardcover, $7.50; 254 pages.

MOTION PICTURES AND YOUTH (1933) BY W. W. CHARTERS Hardcover, $4.00; 78 pages.

CHILDREN'S ATTENDANCE AT MOTION PICTURES (1935) BY EDGAR DALE

THE EMOTIONAL RESPONSES OF CHILDREN TO THE MOTION PICTURE SITUATION (1933) BY WENDELL S. DYSINGER and CHRISTIAN A. RUCKMICK Two titles in one volume: Hardcover, $7.00; 240 pages.

THE CONTENT OF MOTION PICTURES (1935) BY EDGAR DALE Hardcover, $7.50; 256 pages.

HOW TO APPRECIATE MOTION PICTURES (1937) BY EDGAR DALE Hardcover, $8.50; 262 pages.

OUR MOVIE MADE CHILDREN (1935) BY HENRY JAMES FORMAN Hardcover $9.00; 304 pages.

GETTING IDEAS FROM THE MOVIES (1933) BY PERRY W. HOLADAY and GEORGE D. STODDARD Hardcover $4.00; 116 pages.

MOTION PICTURES AND STANDARDS OF MORALITY (1933) BY CHARLES C. PETERS Hardcover, $9.00; 290 pages.

MOTION PICTURES AND THE SOCIAL ATTITUDES OF CHILDREN (1933) BY RUTH C. PETERSON and L. L. THURSTONE

THE SOCIAL CONDUCT AND ATTITUDES OF MOVIE FANS (1933) BY FRANK K. SHUTTLEWORTH and MARK A. MAY Two titles in one volume: Hardcover, $8.00; 248 pages.

CHILDREN'S SLEEP (1933) BY SAMUEL RENSHAW, VERNON L. MILLER and DOROTHY P. MARQUIS Hardcover, $10.00; 278 pages.

REVIEWED BY GARTH S. JOWETT

Garth Jowett is writing his Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is also teaching. He has published articles in The Journal of Popular Culture, The Canadian Review of American Studies, and American Quarterly.

An important, but neglected aspect of American social and film history is the controversy which raged in this country during the period roughly between 1907 and 1940 regarding the "problem of the movies" and their effect on American life. There is a rich primary literature available, as yet untapped, which lends graphic credance to the existence of the deep-seated fear then prevalent that the 'movies' were responsible for everything from juvenile delinquency to the spread of socialist doctrine. One can scarcely open a magazine published during the twenties and thirties without finding an article or letter attacking, or in some cases defending, the motion picture and...