Motion Picture Story Magazine (Feb 1914 - Sep 1916 (assorted issues))

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Stewart, of 12 Adelaide Street, Bast Toronto, writes entertainingly, thus: The writer would like to call to your attention the deplorable state of affairs in connection with the Motion Picture industry in Canada, Do you not think that it would be advisable for the American manufacturers to consult the wishes of the people and try to please them a little? For instance, we Canadian people, day in and day out, have to watch pictures depicting the wonderful exploits of the American nation. There is nothing of interest in this to us. Why not send over some films depicting events and episodes in British and Canadian history ? There are some great incidents in the history of this country which would make beautiful films and would please the large Canadian audiences vastly more than American Civil War pictures and Western Indian tales, which are exceedingly exaggerated and not true to life. If the American manufacturers do not come to a realization of these facts, the natural outcome will be that Canadian monopoly of the Motion Picture market which they now enjoy will come to an abrupt end. Cannot something be done to relieve this regrettable situation? Mr. Frank J. Walton makes this interesting •suggestion : In commenting on the Popular Player Contest conducted by your magazine you admit that said contest did not call for the best player nor the handsomest, and in that I admire your frankness, sir, but when you state that the most popular one won, I cannot agree with you. How were the votes obtained? That is the question. Candidly, sir, the result of said contest is an injustice to high-grade players whose real popularity is too well established to require the services of press agents or professional vote-getters for similar events. If a fairer contest — a purely artistic one — were held under the auspices of your magazine, but with eminent painters, sculptors, architects and professional men as judges, the popularity of the present prize-winners would doubtless pale into insignificance in comparison to that of the American Sarah Bernhardt, Miss Mary Fuller, and other modest but bright stars, such as Robert Brower, of the Edison ; Arthur Mackley, of Essanay : Rose Tapley, of the Vitagraph, and several others whose name does not even appear in the present contest and are now supposed to play second fiddle, so to speak, to mediocre amateurs. The artistic contest I respectfully suggest would stimulate art and artists, encourage fine photoplays, increase patronage at the Movies and double the circulation of your magazine, for which I predict a very great future. Mr. Edward A. Lifka, of St. Louis, is an admirer of this department, so his letter shall grace it : Let me congratulate you upon one move you made, in the November issue of the magazine which has pleased me very, very much. And that is the starting of the Letters to the Editor pages. That's what we want. I do like to read the criticisms of other people about plays and players, for it is the real stuff and not the "paid-for kind" which we read in the trade journals. I have always felt that the criticisms we read in the journals are very much of a mechanical kind, and many have been the times when my views of a picture were far different from those set forth by some professional critic. And in this I am not alone. Being a member of the Correspondence Club, I exchange quite a few letters with different members, and we do tear things to nieces" now and then. The only suggestion I would make is . this : dont give us only those letters which speak ] well of plays, etc.. but give us some that offer just and stinging criticism, too. That is the sort of stuff that counts. It is easy enough to praise, but to criticise is the task of a fearless one. I'd like to bet the players get one letter in a thousand pointing out defects to them. I wrote to one of the Vitagraph players and pointed out a few bad points, and, judging from the reply I got, I feel I have won a good friend. He told me that is the sort of stuff he wants and to keep it up. A dandy letter from a busy fellow. I have written many others, giving them some good remarks, and nary 'a reply. Thev get so much praise. I presume, that they take it all as a matter of course. Let me thank you again, and here's hoping a lot of good develops from that department. It is one