Motion Picture Classic (Jan-Aug 1919)

CLASSIC the blessed outskirts of success — that beckoned — right over there !” and they both laughed, at the memory. “Yes,” he replied, “we were happy, and I worked and studied every minute and in a short time I was made assistant director. I then went over to Christie, where I wrote and directed comedies, later going with the LaSalle Company, where I did about everything, and was also assistant director with Carter De Haven. Then I wrote and directed the Judge Willis Brown series of two-reel boy pictures. “One evening I came home and told Florence about a story that had just come to me, that I thought would make a good picture. She was enthusiastic and I began writing it immediately after dinner. I worked nearly all that night and the next, and at about five in the morning I finished ‘The Turn in the Road.' We thought it was good and I decided not to sell it, but wait until I could produce it myself. When the Brentwood Film Company was formed I had my story all ready. So you see, everything did turn out splendidly ! "It seems to me,” he went on seriously, “that motion pictures offer the greatest avenue for the molding of human thought that the world has ever known, and while keeping in mind the entertainment value of a picture, I hold that there should be some message, some helpful thought. “The majority of the people who daily attend picture shows spend their days struggling for just enough to live on. When night comes they are tired and often discouraged with the monotony and grayness of their lives, yearning for something to lift them up and out of it, something to bring them fresh thoughts. They may not put this in words, but the picture that presents a strong human lesson simply told, that touches the universal heart of humanity, is the one that appeals to them. “It is my ambition to make such pictures. I want the story to be wholesome and clean, and it must be natural, must ring true, so the country boy, the city girl, the small-town man and woman can easily understand it. “I am making a comedy now, ‘Better Times.’ The idea brought out is that, wherever one may be, the sunshine comes from within and not from the sky, that no matter what the conditions, it is possible to rise above them. “The next picture is to be a strong drama and Florence will appear in it, for Suzanne is getting to be such a big girl she can stay with Mammy.” And the two exchanged a happy smile. Youth and optimism! These are the treasures possessed by King Vidor. Not the optimism that cheerfully sits, waiting for something to happen, but the optimism that bravely works, and studies, and strives, knowing, that if the rules are faithfully and honestly followed, he will win ! The Quaker Oats Q>mpany Sole Makers 8162 How to Win Him to Whole Wheat Serve Him Bubble Grainst Crisp, Flavory, Toasted, Puffed to 8 Times Normal Size You want to do that — all you mothers. You want your children to eat whole wheat. Then make whole wheat as attractive as cookies and doughnuts are. Make it a food confection. Prof. Anderson Has Done That Puffed Wheat is Prof. Anderson’s way of making whole wheat enticing. He seals the grains in guns, then applies an hour of fearful heat. Then shoots the guns, and all the wheat’s moisture — turned to steam — explodes. He causes in each kernel more than 100 million explosions. The grains come out thin, airy and gigantic. The walls are flimsy, the texture is like snowflakes. The taste is fascinating. But the great fact is that every atom feeds. Every food cell, being blasted, is fitted for digestion. Thus one gets the full nutrition of whole wheat. For the joy of it and the good of it, serve Puffed Wheat in milk every day. Puffed Wheat Puffed Rice and Corn Puffs All Steam Exploded— Each 15c Except in Far West (Si'Xty-seven)