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Introductory Speech by Will H. Hays (1926)
History and a Great Man
I have to totally disagree with Mr Fry's comment. Will H Hays was the Democratic Party Chairman, presidential campaign manager and Postmaster General before becoming the First President of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Associationtaking what later was called the "Hays Commission". The nation wanted to regulate films, and asked him to do it. He walked and talked with the great of Hollywood from the 20s to the 50s. Some call what he did censorship and others call it regulation. Either way he did what was asked of him in service to his country.
Could you have done better, or sounded any better introducing the first sound recording of a movie? I think not! Will Hays is a great figure in the history of movies. I have talked to people who knew and respected him in our small Indiana town. To judge his life on this short piece of film is unthinkable. I think he did magnificently! People, watch this snip of history and learn about the man in it!