Cinematographic annual : 1930 (1930)

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PICTORIAL BEAUTY IN THE PHOTOPLAY 181 into many minds that the artistic picture is destined to be unpopular. However, I think that if you will look at the matter fairly you will find that where artistically composed pictures have failed, they have done so not because of beauty, but because of lack of some other necessary attribute. This paper was read before a class in appreciation of the Photoplay, at the University of Southern California: a course conducted in conjunction with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts end Sciences. — The Editor.