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No interesting comparisons are made between the theatrical play and the spoken film in response to the question put to pupils of middle-grade schools who had seen sound-films. Either the question is left unanswered or they say that the two forms of spectacle are too different to be compared. According to one opinion, " the figures in a spoken film are too far away ".
Only a few have seen the same film more than once, and then not from any wish to do so. In several cases they went expecting to see a different film; a few others saw the same film at a different cinema house after an interval of time.
The answers to the question whether they knew children who had been harmed by films were not of much value. Most of them were negative, but a few speak of the cinema's harmful influence. Five or six cases were quoted of boys running away from home in a spirit of adventure suggested by a police film or because they had stolen.
Favourite recreations.
Among these the cinema holds first place with 673 votes, or 798 if we include votes given for " talkies ". The preference for the silent film represents 23.83 % of the preferences expressed for one or other of 24 categories of recreation, (see table IX).
Next in popularity to cinema shows, but a long way after, come religious shows, a preference that indicates a [reawakened sense of spiritual values. Then come radio, plays — by which are in nearly every case meant plays given by the educational theatre — variety theatres, which have an excessive attraction for children visiting the small suburban cinemas, where the programme usually includes a number of variety items.
Then follow, in order, light literature — a favourite with girls — operetta, another recreation unsuitable for children, sporting events, excursions, children's open-air games and outdoor sports. Last come a number of other amusements which find less favour among the children interrogated.
The amusements and recreations least familiar to the children were " talkies ", then variety theatres, grand opera and the wireless. The figures, however, are too small to be worth reproducing.
Favourite and less popular actors.
This question, which was only put to fourth and fifth form pupils in vocational schools, did not elicit many definite answers. Some paraded their film-lore and wrote long lists of their favourites. An analysis of all