Motion Picture Classic (1923, 1924, 1926)

cal end of tiling, the \m< i ican pro duccrs ha\ i no rivals ! In the technical side ft picture making the) are perfection. "Most of the scenarios oi the Swedish and German productions arc vague; yet they are stories of quality. They give forth something tangible tti the educated mind. This is where the American producer falls down. "Imagine the gross insult of a pic ture that depicts American social life, ociety drama wherein the people acl as no man or woman in any conn try, in this particular stratum of life would act. That's what we have to look at all the time. And the public will never be given dramas of real life as long as ignorant people are permitted to have power to produce and direet pictures. We must have people in authority in the scenario departments who know from the inside the phases of life which they are trying to interpret. We must have people who keep to the things they know ! "The success of my novels has been based upon the fact that I never write about things that T do not knn7i\ Recently someone asked me why T did not write about a certain part of England and the natives there. 'Why-' T asked, somewhat amazed. 'Recause T only know about them thru hearsav. T dont know the reality of their existence, and could not write until T do.' "The scenario departments receive many terrible scenarios that have to he changed. Naturally, it is hard for them to realize when they get a good one. which it would be wise for them to leave untouched. The diligence of the author in mastering movie technique will mean everything in the final O. K. which he alone should be allowed to place on the continuity of his picture. TTis knowledge of technique will influence producers to gather about them intelligent people who are not groping in the dark, but who, in knowing what they are attempting to do, will not be satisfied until they do it correctly." 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