Close Up (Jul-Nov 1927)

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CLOSE UP technical books on cameras lenses, etc., useful but not always simple enough for beginners, or else completely uninspiring. Films : Facts and Forecasts by T Estrange Fawcett (Bles. 21 /-s.) contains many points of value, but it is marred by an attitude of mind or point of view belonging rather to 1914 than to now. Much of the information is of great interest, particularly the statement that the big American cinemas pay their rents by letting out the buildings above the cinema ; a practice forbidden in London. Why ? Curiously enough, many small bookshops catering to the more intelligent sections of the public have told the same story : they let out the rooms over the shop to pay their rent, and thereby can afford to consider the tastes of the minority. The detailed description of the American cinemas, the discussion upon the evils of bhnd booking, of the state of the Canadian, South African and Austrahan markets, are valuable and should be known much more widely than they are. But it is a pity that so obvious a distaste for many forms of modern life is allowed to obtrude upon the excellent summary of economic facts. One does feel that here is a man w^ho has studied the screen deeply and conscientiously. He does not mind, for instance, saying quite definitely "Confusion has reigned supreme on almost every occasion when I have visited a studio, be it in Los x\ngeles, London, or Berlin." This, and many facts laid bare for the first time, stand on their own ground and are indisputable, but complete confidence is shaken, and a number of statements called into question by a none too sparse 68