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"Screen lovers give wives something of interest to take their minds off the humdrum existence which they may lead and, furthermore, give them a thrill that is harmless and helpful"
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Photograph of Clarence Darrow taken during the famous evolution trial by P. & A.
JACK GILBERT, Ronald Colman, Ben Lyon— and all you other great screen lovers — step forward and take a bow. Stand up, you cinematic sheiks, while we pronounce you, individually and collectively, veritable blessings to married men and real promoters of marital happiness.
And, in so doing, we quote no less an authority than Clarence H. Darrow, one of America's greatest lawyers, who has gained undying fame in more legal battles than we have space to print ; the man who is ever found fight ing on the side of the oppressed ; a man whose mind is among the keenest in these United States.
Mr. Darrow has practised law for half a century, during which time he has been one of the country's closest observers of domestic difficulties. Now, he comes to the front in support of motion pictures ; takes the side of the much-maligned screen sheiks and calls them real blessings ; declares they are doing a real good ; advises the censors to throw away their scissors and leave in more of their passionate love scenes ; and wishes the screen lovers more power in their work.
In short, Mr. Darrow believes that the movies, despite the avalanches of criticism, are all in the right ; and the critics and censors who decry "jazz" films and the overemphasized love scenes are, to use the language of the street, "all wet." In other words, American films with their passionate scenes, their alleged sensational themes, their scantily clad maidens and their three-minute kisses of (Continued on page 30)
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