Motion Picture Classic (Jan-Aug 1919)

CLASSIC What the Photoplay Might Do {Continued from page 17) see more of the dream-ship, so I am not the only one to have this belief. Yes, I believe the film-maker is afraid of his own imagination. “This rut, by which producers follow one another, is the most serious fault. Another, to my way of thinking, is the shortness of the individual scenes. Just as you get interested — flash ! — and another scene is on or a subtitle appears. Why aren’t scenes longer? I know the producers’ answer. They say that audiences want speed and that long scenes would cause them to lose interest. That was true when the photoplay was young, animated photography was wretched and the eyes quickly became tired. Is it true now? Bear in mind, I am not stating this as a truism. I am merely asking it because it is the way the present-day film play affects me. “Possibly it may seem that I am looking down upon the screen. In reality, I think that the film balances up very well with the spoken play. I see that folks are talking about the commercialism of the photoplay, just as they have always talked about the commercialism of the theater. Which is rot ! “Everything successful is commercial. To exist a thing must make money. And if it doesn’t exist it certainly can do no good for any one. “I shall always regret that the stage did not hold Charlie Chaplin. What a master he is ! What a great actor, what a student of humanity ! The screen will always go on while there is a Chaplin at its head. “I should like to see men like Lord Dunsany writing for the films. Surely no one could conceive more vivid scenarios or command a greater mastery of suspense. I suppose it is trite to predict that the day is coming when the Dunsanys will be contributing original stories to the films. “But, just now, the main thing is courage. 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