Camera - April 14, 1923 to February 16, 1924 (April 1923-February 1924)

Established 1918 A Film Magazine and a Film Newspaper in One 6318 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood : California Volume VI SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1923 Number 29 THOSE WITHOUT FAITH ". . . No matter what happens to you, no matter tvho flatters you or ivho abuses you, never look at another flag, never let a night pass but you pray God to bless that flag. Remember, boy, that behind all these men you have to do ivil/i, behind officers and government, and people even, there is the Country Herself, your Country, and that you belong to her as you belong to your oiun mother. Stand by Her, boy. . . ." Thus, through the pen of Edward Everrett Hale, spoke "The Man Without a Country." Many years previous in a fit of rage and while in a drunken stupor he had expressed the desire that he might never again hear of his country, nor read about it or have contact with it in any way, and his wish was granted. Finally, after years of miserable exile, toward the sunset of his life, he gave vent to his feelings, and the above excerpt from his oration showed what time and experience had done to restore his right thought in matters pertaining to patriotism. He started out as a "knocker;" he belittled his country before a group of aliens, only to eventually realize the utter folly of his declarations. Time and exile had mercifully tempered his spirit, and at last his stubborn will broke down and he expressed his true devotion for his native land. There are many similar to "The Man Without a Country" in motion pictures. We know them as pessimists and grouches. They stand on the corners and wildly exclaim that the movies are headed for eternal damnation because so-and-so didn't have jobs for them that day. They are proud enough to accept the motion picture industry as a place to earn their livelihood, yet they go forth into the world and denounce all the high ideals and principles cherished by the people of the profession. And when a studio does close down for a time, or when they encounter hard luck along the film road they immediately sally out to their friends and jeer and hoot at the movies as a substantial, worth-while enterprise. They are confident enough that the coal strike in Pennsylvania will break up, or that the railroad strike in some other place will be settled satisfactorily but they don't hold out any hopes whatsoever for motion pictures. They are people without faith in their own work. In belittling motion pictures and the people who make them they are simply belittling themselves. Have they no self-respect? Possibly not, but it is more probable that they are without faith in their chosen profession; that to them pictures are but their meal tickets and no further useful. To them we would say; remember that behind all these men you have to do with, behind producers and studios, behind the people even, there is the Motion Picture Art Itself, and that you belong to it as you belong to your own mother. Stand by it; give it the best you've got in you, boost it, defend it, apply all your talents and energies to further its great work. Maintain your faith in motion pictures, and instill respect for it and for you in your fellow men. S. W. LAWSON Publisher and Manager FRED W. FOX Managing Editor JOHN CORNYN Advertising Director GENE WOOLWAY Studio Representative PAULINE THOMPSON Pulse Editor The Man On the Cover Lyle Rucker, prominent Hollywood corporation attorney who for some time past has specialized in motion picture law work, has entered the film field in the capacity of producer, and as the active head of Radiograms, Inc., he is now producing and releasing a series of weekly news-reels giving a comic slant on the world's news. These productions consist, for the greater part, of titles alone and pictures are not brought into use to any great extent. Mr. Rucker has been established here for the past eight years and is today representing some of the foremost figures in the motion picture world in a legal and advisory capacity. That he has the fullest confidence in the film business is brought out by this investment on his part. He has just released his first production and it has been accorded the plaudits of famous folk in every branch of the industry. "CAMERA!", The Digest of the Motion Picture Industry, issued on Saturday morning of each week, at 6318 Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, Telephone 439-869. Entered as second-class matter, Aug. 11, 1918, at the Post Office at Los Angeles, Calif., under Act of March 3rd, 1879. Published by S. W. Lawson Publishing Co., with executive and editorial offices at 6318 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles. National advertising representatives H. H. Conger Co., New York, Chicago, San Francisco. SUBSCRIPTION RATES : $3.50 per year in Los Angeles County; $4.00 per year in outside zone; $4.50 per year to Canada; $5.00 per year to foreign points. Address all communications to the company.