Celluloid : the film to-day (1931)

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Record Details:

Title:
Celluloid : the film to-day
Date:
1931
Publisher:
London : Longmans, Green and Co.
Volume:
Celluloid : the film to-day
Leaf #:
000144
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
June 20, 2024
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104 CELLULOID And so, after years of hard work and shrewd foresight, as well as the development of an individual and rare instinct for the fundamentals of the cinema, Chaplin triumphs. He has defied commercialism in the interests of natural cinematic progress, and he will most probably win. At the moment, it is impossible to forecast the influence that City Lights will have, but it is possibly significant that speech is being severely curtailed in forthcoming American pictures, a tendency that can be directly traced to City Lights, and to a lesser extent to Rene Clair's post-synchronized Sous les toits de Paris. I am conscious that these remarks on the genius of Chaplin and the greatness of City Lights do not altogether reach to the root of the matter. But words are hopelessly inadequate to express emotions brought about by a constantly moving succession of images which rely for their appeal on pictorial value, and which are the product of a deep-thinking, amazingly creative mentality that has as its breath and life the fundamental essence of the cinema. In truth, Chaplin has reached nearer to the heart of real cinema than them all.