The photoplay; a psychological study (1916)

Record Details:

Title:
The photoplay; a psychological study
Date:
1916
Publisher:
New York [etc.] D. Appleton and company
Volume:
The photoplay; a psychological study
Leaf #:
00036
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Cornell University Library
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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INNER DEVELOPMENT OF PICTURES of the moving picture houses has increased. The picture house ought therefore to take up the task of the magazines which it has partly displaced. The magazines give only a small place to the news of the day, a larger place to articles in which scholars and men of public life discuss significant problems. Much American history ia the last two decades was deeply influenced by the columns of the illus- trated magazines. Those men who reached the millions by such articles cannot overlook the fact—they may approve or condemn it— that the masses of today prefer to be taught by pictures rather than by words. The audi- ences are assembled anyhow. Instead of feeding them with mere entertainment, why not give them food for serious thought? It seemiBd therefore a most fertile idea when the "Paramount Pictograph" was foimded to carry intellectual messages and ambitious discussions into the film houses. Political and economic, social and hygienic, technical and industrial, esthetic and scientific ques- tions can in no way be brought nearer to the grasp of millions. The editors will have to take care that the discussions do not degen- erate into one-sided propaganda, but so must 3 37