VICIOUS MOVIE FILMS POPULAR

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Nov 7, 1916

FromSigns of the Times, November 7, 1916

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VICIOUS MOVIE FILMS POPULAR

Anybody who has lived in this present world for any length of time ought to know that "morbid shows" are the very ones that do pay; and the reason why managers persist in running all kinds of risks in order to present morbid shows, is because they find that such are the most profitable kind of shows to give. In one of the large cities of the Middle West, a show was recently running, presenting some phase of the subject of "birth control." Announcement had been made that only women of mature age would be permitted to enter. Passing along the street of that city, you would see a line of women nearly a block long in front of the door, waiting their turn to purchase a ticket and enter. It was evident, from the advertising, that this show had some "morbid features"; and it was clear to the passing observer that it was very popular. Humanity likes to think of itself in these times as being highly civilized—likes to think that it is on a very superior plane. But the man who has not permitted himself to be hypnotized by popular sentiment knows that the facts all clearly indicate that this age and generation is becoming more and more perverse. It is rapidly reaching the time foretold by the Saviour, when it will so fully represent the iniquitous conditions of Sodom that He will be obliged to strike with the sore judgments which will afflict the wicked immediately preceding His coming.