Modern Screen (Dec 1931 - Nov 1932 (assorted issues))

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By MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt is famous for her intelligence and capability. One of those rare persons who not only has a splendid mentality but uses it to good advantage. Her remarks on the influence of the movies on you and . me contain some splendid thoughts by which we can most assuredly profit. people. Many plays which are classics are now done in the movies and, where the play is historical, great thought is given to the costumes and settings and often really beautiful, artistic effects are produced not only in reproducing natural beauties of scenery but in reproducing, historic cities and houses and their interiors at different times and in different places throughout the world. This cannot help but be of general educational value to all of us. Many of the films showing wild life in different parts I of the world have brought a knowledge of vegetation and habits and characteristics of animals and savage peoples, not only to children but to many other people who do not otherwise know much about certain of the remote but 1 still interesting corners of our globe and their inhabitants. In many a story film the actors and actresses do behave as normal people should and a sitting-room or drawingroom or bedroom does sometimes look more like a home than a mansion or Pullman car. I think we sometimes do not realize what an effect a character in our fiction films has on the young girls and boys of today. These favorite actors really are people whom they try to copy in their various characteristics and here is a responsibility for the movie actor and an industry which is rarely thought about which I think has a greater influence on the standards in the homes of the country as a whole. So much for the possibilities, almost limitless, of education in good taste and good manners. NOW, have the news reels any value in making better citizens? I think their power is very great for they bring the greatest education in current events to young and old alike. They force upon the attention of many people who do not even read the papers any new and important discovery or any new and important event in the political world. Let us (Continued on page 102) 27