Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1926)

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"Mind you, we are not asking perfection in pictures. We want truth. Truth isn't a picture of a barnyard. Filth is only a tiny fraction of life. We want truth, which is an emphasis upon the higher part of human nature. Service for others, for instance. That can be made thrilling. "/"\XE of the good plays was 'The Covered ^— 'Wagon.' That was injured, though, by the drinking scene between the two scouts. I don't believe that was historically or psychologically true. It was just a sop to the bad element in the film clientele. "In similar way there was 'Daddy Long Legs.' That was a sweet, nice story spoiled by the boy and girl getting drunk on cider. All that was unnecessary." I asked about sex on the screen. "Over-emphasis," said Canon Chase. "Xo, that's not it. It isn't over-emphasis. Sex is two-thirds of life and naturally it must be a big part of pictures. At my time of life you realize all that clearly. Wrong emphasis on sex, that's better. "There's 'Stella Dallas.' That was wrong emphasis, when the wife ran off with that man. "The screen is constantly justifying the girl going wrong to save someone. That is break Bagdad? No, that glorified a thief, to a certain extent, anyway." Canon Chase smiled. "Sometimes my coworkers, young men, you know, are shocked by the clothes worn by actresses in films. That doesn't seem to me to be a serious thing. It is the basic truth I'm after. "I know when I went to see 'The Queen of Sheba' the young man who accompanied me was much distressed at the way the star was dressed. What I objected to there was the taking and spoiling of a Biblical character without historical authority. No, the question of clothes doesn't worry me. "The failure of 'Foolish Wives' had a good effect upon production. It was advertised as costing a million and it never paid for its exploitation. That proves my argument. Our work has had its effect upon pictures. We are making producers be better, whether or not they like it. "Why haven't pictures achieved more than they have? " the canon demanded. "Why has a man like Thomas Edison been forced out? Why is the whole business in the hands of less than a half dozen men: Zukor, Loew, Fox, Laemmle and Lasky? "V\ 71". must ha ve_ regulation. Don't forget W that and don't call it censorship. It has come to be a habit for Americans to cry censorship against any law that does something we don't want done. " Remember that the mass of the public must have consideration in making pictures. The motion picture is the greatest thing since the invention of printing. Remember that one of down the things on which our civilization is the first books printed was the Bible, for print built. It is even an insult to call it Orientalism It isn't American." Canon Chase returned to specific films. " 'The Iron Horse'," he said. "That was free from evil. 'The Freshman'! That was excellent and very funny. Lloyd is almost invariably clean, although it hurt me to sec him use those drunken men for comedy purposes in 'For Heaven's Sake.' Still, Lloyd is a nice boy, I guess. 'Abraham Lincoln' is a splendid example of a good, clean, instructive picture that has succeeded. Let's see. 'The Thief of ing was immediately appreciated and used to good purpose by the church. Motion pictures have wandered along for thirty years, unhampered and in the hands of less than a half dozen men. It's all wrong." What do you think? Here is a temperate presentation of the canon's charges, given exactly as he offered them. Do you want the screen transformed into a pulpit? Do you want censorship under the canon's sugarcoated term of regulation? Do you want entertainment or sermons? Questions and Answers CONTINUED FROM PACE 94 ] B. H. S., Sioux City, Calif.— Write to Fred Thomson at the F. B. O. Studios, 780 Gower St., Hollywood, Calif. D. G., Chicago. — I'm sorry I can not be of assistance to you. To obtain photographs of the stars you will have to write to them personally, enclosing twenty-five cents for each photograph. Charlie Chaplin receives his mail at the Chaplin Studio, Hollywood, Calif. Jackie Coogan's mail may be sent to 516 South Western Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. R. C, Sharpsburg, Pa. — Have a heart, lady. How many addresses do you think I can give you? Only five. Mary Pickford, 7100 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, Calif. ; Pauline Starke, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Culver City, Calif.; Richard Dix, Paramount Studio, Pierce Ave. and Sixth St., Long Island City, N. Y.; Corinne Griffith, Metropolitan Studios, 1040 La Palmas Ave., Hollywood, Calif.; Pola Negri, Lasky Studio, Hollywood, Calif. Write me again for the remainder! A Friend, Tampa, Fla. — So you think fifteen berries a week is a lot of dough! Not when you have a wife and five children to support. I suppose that's another startling revelation for all my readers. Have I ever seen Richard Dix, face to face? Didn't you know that Dick and I were pals? Don't miss, "Let's Get Married." It's one of the funniest pictures that Dick ever made. His next picture will be "Say It Again." And Dick has a new leading lady, that charming person, Alyce Mills. I have a slight suspicion he whispers sweet noth ings in her ear — judging from the title. All women love to be told sweet tidings over and over again. THE Marquise, etc., etc., etc., otherwise known as Gloria Swanson, is twentyeight. D. B., Memphis, Tenn. — I felt the same way about your favorite, Greta Garbo. But I have been somewhat relieved by receiving a lovely letter from the fair lady. I did not have the pleasure of meeting her on her arrival in New York. I dropped her a line and now she's caught me with her hook, line and sinker — so much so that I can hardly answer questions any more. Greta was born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1906. She is five feet, six inches in height and weighs 125 pounds. Good}-, goody, she's not married. Yes, I get childish now and then. J. B., Chevy Chase. Md. — Write to Percy Marmont, Paramount Studios, Astoria, L. I., and maybe lie will send you the particular picture that you want. Brown Eyes, Miami, Fla. — Why are you blue? Or aren't you? Ben Lyon's address is First National Pictures, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, N. Y. PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE is cuarantwd.