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A boy of 15 likes to go to the cinema from time to time provided they give something from life, no matter what the subject may be, so long as it is real !
A little Genevan girl says yes, adding : « when they give a sad play, I drop my eyes ».
A virtuous youngster of thirteen writes: « yes, when they give healthy pieces ».
A little Polish girl of 1 1 says : « I like to go when the film is instructive for children, when there is nothing extraordinary about it, and it does not pervert my mind ».
It is interesting to note the increase of interest in the cinema as the girls grow older, and the decrease of interest on the contrary as the boys grow older.
Girls Boys
Yes
No
Indiff.
Yes
No
Indiff.
11 years . .
• • 64%
15%
21%
83%
7%
IO%
12 »
• • 69%
20%
H%
80%
9%
H%
13 »
• • 63%
12%
25%
75%
12%
13%
14 »
• • 58%
15%
27%
73%
9%
18%
15 »
• • 58%
14%
28%
66%
18%
16%
16 »
• • 73%
8%
19%
59%
n%
30%
17 »
• • 77%
0%
23%
50%
15%
35%
Among girls the proportion of « yeses » drops between 12 and 15 years, but at 16 it increases rapidly, while the « noes » drop to zero. Among boys, on the contrary, we notice a continual decrease of interest. Mile Aellig is of the opinion that sport takes the upper hand with boys from the age of 16, and draws them away from the cinema. Young girls, not being interested in sport, she explains, or at any rate to a much smaller extent, pass their Sundays at the cinema.
9th. Question. Why do children like to go to the cinema ?
Taking the two main reasons : instruction and amusement, Mile Aellig has tabulated 2660 answers in the following way :
656