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There are clubs, schools, and homes, all with 16 mm. projectors. The present supply of 16 mm. films is pretty poor, and I see no great reason for making those projectors grind merrily. There are reissues of Hollywood films in stock at movie camera stores — if that cheers you up. But, apart from the remarkable Fall of the House of Usher, I know of no sub-calibre film that is worth showing twice.
The would-be film creator on both sides of the Atlantic would do well to bottle up the energy now expended on impotent hate of Hollywood and its screen lollipops. That energy could be better expended upon production of good sub-calibre films; in formation of a central bureau to distribute such pictures to the clubs, schools, and homes that need them. Thus the public, fed for years on the dope of sex-stories, could be made to realise that the screen can give us something far more stirring and vital than Cocktail Hour or Gold Diggers 0/1933.
AMATEUR PRODUCTION IN IRELAND
Dublin — traditionally one of the intellectual centres of the British Isles — has, up to the present, held itself aloof from films. It is true that Dublin goes to the pictures more than almost any other city of its size, and the Dublin audiences are notoriously critical, especially of acting. Nevertheless, intellectual Dublin occupies itself with other things, and hardly knows that the cinema claims a place among the arts.
Recently, however, there have been signs of a changed attitude, and a few films have been made by amateurs — notably By Accident, which was composed and directed by J. N. G. Davidson. The latest and most promising of these, at present in course of production, is Guests of the Nation, from Frank O'Connor's book of the same name, dealing with the Anglo-Irish War of 1922. It is directed by Denis Johnston ("E. W. Tocher") the author of several interesting and original plays. The scenario applies a technique modelled on the classical Russian style to a subject for which it is perfectly suited. In particular, its continuity (the bugbear of the amateur) is surprisingly mature. The cast is drawn largely from the experienced personnel of the Dublin Gate Theatre Company. Assistance given by the Saorstat Government has included the loan of two armoured cars and an empty police barracks. The production is arousing considerable interest, and, whether it succeeds or fails artistically, will undoubtedly stimulate others to make use of the material which lies ready to hand in such abundance.
G. F. D.
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