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 #:
000117
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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THE PHOTOPLAY or on the screen or in life and this visual per- ception is the cue which stirs up in our mem- ory or imagination any fitting ideas. The choice of them, however, is completely con- trolled by our own interest and attitude and by our previous experiences. Those mem- ories and fancies are therefore felt as our subjective supplements. We do not believe in their objective reality. A suggestion, on the other hand, is forced on us. The outer per- ception is not only a starting point but a con- trolling influence. The associated idea is not felt as our creation but as something to which we have to submit. The extreme case is, of course, that of the hypnotizer whose word awakens in the mind of the hypnotized person ideas which he cannot resist. He must accept them as real, he must believe that the dreary room is a beautiful garden in which he picks flowers. The spellbound audience in a theater or in a picture house is certainly in a state of heightened suggestibility and is ready to re- ceive suggestions. One great and fundamental suggestion is working in both cases, inasmuch as the drama as well as the photoplay sug- gests to the mind of the spectator that this is 108