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MoviKg Picture
WORLD
Founded in ltyOJ by t/» P. Chalmers
The Editor's Views
THE Nation's loss in the passing of Woodrow Wilson is, in even greater degree, this industry's loss.
Woodrow Wilson was a good friend to the motion picture. He was that greatest of friends, he who gives opportunity for service.
In his call to the industry for war service Woodrow Wilson gave enviable recognition to the motion picture. His call presented a sacred trust; the response to that trust remains a cherished memory.
The world loses a towering leader of thought; the nation a helmsman who carried magnificently through the storm ; the motion picture mourns the passing of a sincere friend.
And the greatest word that tongue can command is: Friend.
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GEORGE KLEINE'S suggestion that the industry pay tribute to Thomas A. Edison was happily conceived. The encouraging response to that suggestion is but a small measure of the industry's regard for Thomas A.
It has always been a matter of more than sentimental regret that the famous Edison trade-mark disappeared from the screens that he did so much to make possible. But there must be comforting pride to the inventor in the fact that his signature never introduced a theme or situation needing an apology.
Next Friday's luncheon should see one of the most delightful gatherings in film history. And in the names of those on the committee there is a further suggestion. Why not, at a later date, a dinner to the Grand Old Timers who are still active among our leaders? To George Kleine? 'Edward S. Porter? Albert E. Smith?
AT times in the past The Chicago Tribune has shown that it does not hesitate to lend the dignity of its editorial page to discussion of particular motion pictures. In this attitude we believe it to be alone among American newspapers.
Sometimes the editorial comment has been to bestow deserved praise, often the words have been harsh.
It remained for "A Woman of Paris" to receive the most generous treatment that it would be possible to imagine. Under the heading " 'A Woman of Paris' is a Queen of Art" The Tribune comments enthusiastically and at length — practically a column of space in the leading editorial of the day.
"Chaplin," declares the writer, "is frequently called a genius, and we believe he is. He has recognized the screen as an art and treated it honestly and respectfully, as such."
A metropolitan newspaper giving such consideration to a screen production is remarkable; this Tribune essay is remarkable among editorials.
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JOHN M. QUINN was a motion picture executive of a type new to the industry, and a type that the industry can rightly welcome. Because he shunned publicity to an extreme degree his personality is less well known in the industry than his ability deserved.
Delightfully pleasant to meet, keen in analysis, straightforward in speech, he was a figure destined to greater things in the career so untimely ended.