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Oakland Tribune, California, October 22, 1922 And the movies are teaching the sort of tommyrot which makes 15-year-old girls think seriously of love and jealousy and marriage with 15-year-old boys. But, you protest, the movies do not show 15-year-old...   High-res

Oakland Tribune, California, October 22, 1922

And the movies are teaching the sort of tommyrot which makes 15-year-old girls think seriously of love and jealousy and marriage with 15-year-old boys. But, you protest, the movies do not show 15-year-old boys and girls getting married.

NO, BUT THEY SHOW A BUNCH OF CUSTARD HEADS OF 30 AND 40 ACTING LIKE 15-YEAR-OLD BOYS AND GIRLS. THEY EXPLOIT 15-YEAR-OLD SLUSH AND GUSH, ROMANTICISM AND UNFAIRNESS, AND YOU, THE PARENTS OF 15-YEAR-OLD YOUNGSTERS GO AND LAP IT UP.

The Decatur Herald, Illinois, January 7, 1921

Of course, she’s not a grand opera star, or the queen of the movies, but if you will stop to think you will discover that she is quite as wonderful. To you, anyway, she ought to be. She went down to the doorstep of death to bring you into the world; she watched and tended you when you were helpless; she loved and coddled you while everybody thought you were a nuisance; she always had a place for you when all other persons thought you were in the way.