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But, although children as spectators interest us most we can not leave out the discomfort to which child actors are exposed. To obtain a clear definition, the studio light is very strong and the mercury vapour lamps are very often placed at less than i m. 50 from the actor. They give a strong heat and emanate x-rays which burn like a violent sun. It is easy to imagine the effect they can have on the nervous system of the children especially on the eyes. The x-rays radiation could be dimished by using crystal screens. Spells of rest could also be managed during the work, but these measures depend solely on the good-will of the producers. In some countries and in some ways child-actors are protected by laws. It is desirable that these measures should be taken everywhere and especially that their application should be strictly enforced.
In conclusion we may say that every art, every science, and every industry that progresses does it on account of the vitality within it. And it is because the Cinema has an intense vitality that new inventions will always be added to make it more perfect for the general good.
The discussion of the questions treated by Madame Coromilas in her report which formed the first point of the agenda at the Rome conference gave many delegates the opportunity of supplying interesting information concerning the practices current in their various countries and of making considered observations and criticisms which are worthy of note.
Mm Esther Raaschou, secretary of the council of Danish Women, who has for several years dealt with problems of the Cinema with recognised competence, made the following statements.
In Denmark, the construction and maintenance of cinemas are throughly satisfactory in my opinion. Before authorising the opening of any cinema the police visit the building in order to make sure that it conforms to the regulations laid down by the Building and Sanitary Commissions. Whilst there exist very detailed regulations governing the management and working of cinemas, it is astonishing to note that there are none in existence dealing with the ventilation and cleanliness of the auditoriums. However, the police visist all cinemas regularly and their inspection covers the general order and cleanliness of the halls.
As for non-flam films, they cannot too be highly recommended, in spite of the precautions of a general nature always taken against fire. A film that does not burn quickly but only smoulders, will never produce one of those panics of which children above all are the victims.
The use of inflamable films in our country is permitted only in certain specially equipped auditoriums which are rarely found in schools. Consequently the latter can rarely benefit from the large number of excellent films available on inflamable stock. It may well be asked what purpose the Central Bureau of Educational Films then fulfils if the use of the films which it provides is forbidden in the majority of schools? (It is a State subsidised institution where, for a cost of five or six centimes a metre, films of great interest to masters and pupils may be hired).