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From the collection ofthe n m o PreTinger a i JJibrary p San Francisco, California 2006 . MOVIES AND CONDUCT MOTION PICTURES AND YOUTH THE PAYNE FUND STUDIES W. W. CHARTERS, CHAIRMAN MOTION PICTURESANDYOUTH: ASUMMARY,byW.W.Charters, Director, Bureau of Educational Research, Ohio StateUni- versity. Combinedwith GETTING IDEAS FROMTHE MOVIES, by P. W. Holaday, Indian- apolis Public Schools, and George D. Stoddard, Director, IowaChildWelfareResearchStation. MOTIONPICTURES AND THE SOCIALATTITUDESOFCHILDREN, by RuthC. Petersonand L. L. Thurstone, DepartmentofPsy- chology, University ofChicago. Combinedwith THESOCIALCONDUCT AND ATTITUDESOFMOVIE FANS,byFrank K. Shuttleworth and MarkA. May, InstituteofHumanRe- lations, Yale University. THE EMOTIONAL RESPONSES OF CHILDREN TO THE MOTION PICTURE SITUATION, by W. S. Dysinger and Christian A. Ruckmick, Department of Psychology, State University of Iowa. Combinedwith MOTIONPICTURESAND STANDARDS OF MORALITY, by Charles C. Peters, Professor of Education, Pennsylvania State College. CHILDREN'S SLEEP, by Samuel Renshaw, Vernon L. Miller, and Dorothy Marquis, Department of Psychology, Ohio State University. MOVIES AND CONDUCT, by Herbert Blumer, Department of So- ciology, University of Chicago. THE CONTENT OF MOTION PICTURES, by Edgar Dale, Research Associate, Bureau of Educational Research, Ohio State University. Combinedwith CHILDREN'SATTENDANCEAT MOTIONPICTURES, byEdgar Dale. MOVIES, DELINQUENCY, AND CRIME, by Herbert Blumer and Philip M. Hauser, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago. BOYS, MOVIES, AND CITY STREETS, by Paul G. Cressey and Frederick M. Thrasher, New York University. How TO APPRECIATE MOTION PICTURES, by Edgar Dale, Re- search Associate, Bureau of Educational Research, Ohio State University. MOVIES AND CONDUCT HERBERT BLUMER ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OP SOCIOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO NEW YORK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1933 THIS SERIES OF TWELVE STUDIES OF THE INFLUENCE OF MOTION PICTURES UPON CHILDRENAND YOUTH HASBEENMADEBY THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONAL RE- SEARCH OF THE PAYNE FUND AT THE RE- QUEST OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL VALUES IN MOTION PICTURES, NOW THE MOTION PICTURE RE- SEARCH COUNCIL, 366 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY. THE STUDIES WERE DE- SIGNED TO SECURE AUTHORITATIVE AND IMPERSONAL DATA WHICH WOULD MAKE POSSIBLE A MORE COMPLETE EVALUATION OF MOTION PICTURES AND THEIR SOCIAL POTENTIALITIES COPYRIGHT, 1933, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY All rights reserved no part of this book may be re- pfrroodmuctehed piunblainshyerf,oremxcewpitthboyutapreervmiieswseironwihnowwriisthiensg to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in magazine or newspaper. Setupandprintedfromtype. PublishedNovember, 1933. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO RICHARD GEORGE BLUMER, FATHER AND FRIEND