Motion Picture Classic (Jan-Jun 1929)

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In their behalf it is argued that the busy office worker and housewife and shop girl and bricklayer seek easy relaxation at the picture house after a hard day's work; that he seeks relief from the realities of life. But are ledgers and store counters and bricks and potatoes the realities of life? Is not the need just the opposite — a little mental relaxation and inspiration in the realities of life after tedious days of existence spent in its unrealities? This is not an argument for a consistently heavy screen diet; it is only an argument for a little balance; an argument for more of the kind of work that Jannings is doing, and that many more of the cinema artists could do if they would. Comedy, romance, and adventure should have their place in the balanced screen menu, but these should not monopolize the field. If the screen public is not critical, the men behind the industry can and should be. This is the decision of the college critic in his meditative mood. What Walter L. Scott of DARTMOUTH Thinks tinue to insist upon the common identity of college and football, the direction ought to pay more attention to accurate portrayal of environment, and far less to the same old plot that was thrown out of Greek theaters for being decrepit. The Movies' Might POSSIBLY the fault goes back to the lack of college men in the movie industry. I don't know of any statistics bearing upon this, but it has been my impression that very few college men have gone near the movies. In the East there is little desire and no efTort to break into the movies in any way whatsoever. This attitude is unfortunate, I believe, for in a simulation of intelligent movies lies the most expedient means of raising the American public from the moronic standards of the tabloids. To outsiders, it appears as though the movies are dominated by shrewd Barnums, who put personal and immediate gain above the development of a movie philosophy and professional ethics. The movies, if they continue their rapid growth, cannot help but be more significant and dominant than the front page. The movies might even relegate the press to a fifth estate. They might — sometime. They might, when producers get past the kindergarten philosophy of giving their public the happy endings, sublimated sex, and custard pie comedy relief that the public, according to guild lore, seems to lap up. King Vidor's pictures and ideas are a refreshing bright spot in the movie kaleidoscope. He is far past the spurious merit of imported publicity mongers. I'd like to see him do a college movie sometime. I could go to it without helping in the wailing indignation at another Calford thriller. But all this doesn't matter much. Homely as they may be, we've got the movies and we'll keep right on going to them. You see, there's nothing else. What Stanley W. Schellenger of OHIO STATE Thinks woman on the screen. Her beguiling, tooinnocent look registers an impression that is not easily forgotten. But soon the cycle will turn and another will take her place. William Haines has a great following in college circles, particularly because of the type of shows he does. It is inherent in the college man to like to see one get away with something, and this is F'aines' best bet. His show, "Alias Jimmy Valentine," might be termed a typical picture for Joe College. No movie has ever been produced that correctly portrays college life, and there probably never will be one. The life, in itself, does not offer much that might have sufficient human interest to make a successful movie. Coloring is necessary. The criticism of Princeton alumni in regard to "Varsity," starring Buddy Rogers, is felt by every college man in the United States. When they said, "It does not show Princeton life as it is," they expressed the sentiment towards any college picture. Colleges Need Color SUCH a movie is resented by the college man because he feels in it an injustice. 'I'he high school boy or girl, who sees the show, receives the wrong impression of the life in a university. And because he regards it as an injustice, he is apt to lose faith in movies in general. This faith is revived after a time, however. The same thing might be true in other pictures, because it is necessary to color the actual facts of life to make the inovie more interesting. However, that is alleviated because one can rationalize himself into believing that the situations in other pictures might be true. In the college picture, this is impossible. While they are consistent theater-goers, few college men have any intention of going into the movies. They all have the desire when they see the successful stars, but they realize the ability that is required to reach the top. Although they know that Adolphe Menjou received his sheepskin from Cornell; Richard Arlen from the University of Pennsylvania; Buddy Rogers, Kansas; Gary Cooper, Grinnell; the late Fred Thomson, Princeton ; George Bancroft, Naval Academy, and the many others, they believe that their field is to be found elsewhere. Only two representatives of Ohio State have ever become known in the movie or theater world. They are Elliot Nugent of "The Poor Nut" fame; and Pat Kearney who adapted "An American Tragedy" and "Elmer (iantry " for the stage. If other schools which annually graduate over one thousand students into the world have the same percentage, it may be seen that students in general do not look with expectancy upon the movies as a means of sustenance. In the future, as in the past, the college man will continue to frequent the theater, often when he should be studying. It has a peculiar attraction that will not be cast aside. 86