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

Qtyc film tribune PaKc 1 I The First Commandment Vatch carefully that scene where the Pharaoh orders exhausted slave to be ground to death beneath the els of the wagon. Note the cruelty pictured on the of the ruler, and the horrible look of anguish and friit come upon the face of the doomed man. For you tfre is a great simile to be drawn therefrom. Even as la si turned away from God to worship an idol so have turned away from your duties as the head of a great Angeles church, where you have been instituted with respect and confidence of your congregation because r believe in you as a constructive factor in the civic religious life of Los Angeles and our country. Yes, have turned your face to worship at the shrine of ther god . . . Publicity. You have decided, to borne a destructive obstacle in the path to universal ation. As the dying mother in De Mille's picture saj to her wayward and repentant son, "I have taught to fear God and not love him, and I have been ng, for Love is the salvation of the world," even so bae you said to us, "I am better than you; to you I can ttaabusive language, insult, and smutty words, for I am ■Irepresentative of God and am far above you. I will ■ch you to fear me, and force you to recognize me as tbldictator. Fear, not Love, is what counts." I Even as you have elected to direct a vicious attack, upooour character and efforts, so have we elected to derap ourselves. For as sure as you worship at the false «blne of Publicity and abandon your duties as the ambisador of the Almighty, so will justice overtake you. Lie Pharaoh and the slave, you are trying to crush us bjeath the wheels of falsehood and misrepresentation, an the light of lust and hate shines in your eyes as you H your palms and say to yourself, "well done, well [die. Now I will be great!" But you have not reckl[d with an aroused Filmdom! WE ARE GOING TO |IhT— TO THE FINISH! EITHER YOU ARE GOik to make public retraction of your [eitorial tirade against filmdom or the Btion picture people will be known as rflk with no self-respect. one or the OTHER IS INEVITABLE. "CAMERA!" AND FILMOGRAPH. THE TWO LEADING HOLLYWOOD FILM PUBLICATIONS, HAVE PLEDGED THEIR ENTIRE RESOURCES AND EFFORTS TO MAKE YOU APOLOGIZE. WE WILL FIGHT YOU AS YOU HAVE FOUGHT US; GO TO THE PEOPLE WITH THE ISSUE. WE CAN GET THE POWER AND WE WILL DO IT. The fighti ng spirit of the film world has been dormant for a long, long time but an infuriated people are now preparing for combat. We have been subjected to every conceivable kind of besmirching from all corners of the earth and we've decided that the thing has got to stop. IT WILL! WE DEFY YOU TO PROVE ANY OF YOUR FALSEHOODS! WHERE CAN YOU PROVE THAT MINISTERS HAVE BEEN OF HIGHER MORAL CALIBER THAN THE PEOPLE OF THE STAGE AND SCREEN? WHO IS IT THAT RAISES THE HUGE BENEFIT FUNDS IN ALL QUARTERS OF THE GLOBE. THE PEOPLE OF THE THEATER AND SCREEN! AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE— WHAT? Your mad chase after sensational publicity has caused more sorrow and heartaches than anything all the so-called heretics in motion pictures have ever done. One thing is certain, they have obeyed God's admonition to care for their fellow-men. They have obeyed His order to "go out unto all creation and preach the Gospel." The Gospel of Filmdom is Tolerance and Faith; know ing that our brethren have the failings all other human beings have. Those that are wayward we try to lead to the light; if they prove themselves of unworthy timber Filmdom deals with them. De Mille and his "Ten Commandments" have done more for Christendom than a thousand of your ilk, for it embodies the highest ideals of life, as taught us in the Commandments, and by the Man of Nazareth. "Thou shall have no other gods before me." "Thou shaft not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness OF ANYTHING that is in heaven above or that is in the earth beneath." "Thou shall not bear false witness against, thy neighbor." CAMERA! ACTION! Drop us a line NOW and let us know what YOU think about this matter! Are You With Us? ?