Motion Picture Magazine (Feb-Jul 1919)

/17\M0TI0N PICTUR Whel I MAGAZINE try named the U. S., and that there would be, in that country, a man who hated all mankind, and that that misogynist would, in his sulky mood, turn to making sordid pictures, and that people would fall for that stuff and pay their good money to behold his "offerings." He is the guy who let that Lady of the Nile, born in Cincinnati, loose upon poor, suffering mankind; he is the fellow who exploits the talents of Annette, the Kellerwoman, and the merits of the epidermis. As to the epidermis, all right, let's have it, as much as the camera lens will stand, but in the name of Makart,_ let Maurice Tourneur handle the subject. You would not think of letting a poor but honest butcher remove your appendix, would you? Then we should refuse to approve of Mr. Fox's endeavors to mishandle the glory of the human skin. There is many a subject on which I could whet my pen did I not fear to cause you ennui. Hear ye my last cry: from operatic stars, oh, Lord, deliver us ! Let us assemble, guileless patrons of the "movies," to march to the headquarters of certain producers, there to grab them, treat them with violence and then throw them into the deepest of dungeons, for it is they who make us shudder at the sight of female and male voice-acrobats, acting all over the screen in heinous fashion. Cant those producers see that sensationalism does not pay in the end? Oh, that the vulture "bankruptcy" devour all those who dare sin against the spirit of the art, who try to deceive the people into believing that it is not the eye, and the eye alone, which conceives the picture. Kindest regards and much gratitude for the joy I derive from each edition of your Magazine! Very sincerely yours, A. Engelke. It is an easy thing to criticize, but just try doing the work yourself! My Dear Editor — I was very much interested in the letter in the November Magazine, concerning Alice Brady. It seemed to me that the person who so vehemently accused Miss Brady erred, if I may use this word, quite a little in her judgment. I have seen a good many of the Alice Brady productions, and am proud to say that I enjoyed every one of them most heartily. Also I think Miss Brady a very attractive young woman, and therefore could not help feeling that this criticism was very unjust. I am afraid that people are beginning to look for too much in the motion picture field. They seem to think that there must not be a single flaw in any production, or if there is such, that the actors and directors are all a "bum lot," to resort to slang phraseology. To me all motion pictures are fine, and the actors and actresses likewise. I enjoy them all, men and women, old and young, blond and brunette, "vamp" and ingenue. They are all doing a mighty fine work, giving pleasure to old and young alike, and working their very hardest to help give a little fun and add to the enjoyment of this "old world." 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