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\V\' V 4 THE MOVIE PICTORIAL September 19, 1914- Realism in the Movies Will You be a “Censor” for Realism? The greatest delight in the Movies is found in watching real people doing real things. The moment any person does something that slaps our good judgment, the reality of the picture-play diminishes. Perhaps in stories, authors may “stretch a point,” and so long as we accept what they say as plausible, the interest in the story is not lost. In the Movies it is different. You must certainly see illogical situations. Sometimes processes of law are disregarded, or cowboys do what real cowboys would never think of doing, or there are errors regarding household scenes, or farming, or gardening, or in any other direction. The time has come when we must demand that plots be reasonable, and the only way to succeed is to constitute the millions of “ picture fans ” into a great “ Board of Realism Censorship.” Will you watch the films and write a 100-word letter whenever you see realism abused ? $5 for the Best 100-Word Letter We will pay, each week, $5 to the person who, in our judgment, sends the best 100- word letter regarding this lack of realism. To give you an idea of what is wanted, we produce what a correspondent recently sent to us: “ I saw ‘ Rescued by Wireless,’ a Universal Film, in which a girl learns wireless telegraphy during her little spare-time in one month. I never knew a ‘ lightning slinger ’ who learned any kind of telegraphy in so short a time, putting in a full working day every day of the month in learning. I doubt that the young lady could have mastered wireless in that time sufficiently to make any operator decipher her call. Yours truly, ” If you see something done wrong — or some inconsistency of plot, write in and tell us about it. The thing that keeps 20,000,000 persons attending the Movies is REALISM. We must have it! The sooner we point out film weaknesses in this respect, the better. Help make the Movies REAL—and be a Realism scout. Names and addresses will be published unless we are requested not to do so. Numerous letters will be published each week; the best one, in our judgment, gets $5 as an award. Get right at it—and ridicule inconsistencies as much as you like! Address: Realism Editor The Movie Pictorial Chicagc^nt