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113 Picture Show Annual R\imori9ts oft^ 9crGeiV Great Progress has been made by the Artistes \ who put the Laugh into Pictures B uster keaton was very funny, anyway. You must admit that.” The above remark was made in the hearing of the writer as a very disappointed house was filing out of a famous London cinema theatre. Everybody in the vicinity knew exactly what he meant—the big attraction (one of the self-styled super films) had failed to get over, but the evening had been saved by the comedy picture. Highbrow picturegoers may sneer at screen comedians, but the public generally likes them, and he is a wise manager who includes a good comedy picture in his programme. Billy Bevan Ben Turpin at The Shrielf of Araby It must be admit- ted that the early efforts of getting a laugh on the screen were crude in the extreme. What is known as “ Slapstick ” and “ Custard Pie ” stuff had no real humour, and could only appeal to the easily-pleased or the empty-minded. But we have travelled a long way on the screen since the first comedy pictures were the only relief to impossible, sensational dramas, generally Western. And, in justice to many of those early comedians, it must be said that they knew their fooling lacked humour. When Charlie Chaplin was free from his ” Slapstick ” contracts, he gave us something that was really funny. Others who helped on the good work were Flora Finch and dear John Bunny. Insight into Married Life T he Drew Comedies stood out on their own. They were based on domestic differences, and appealed to all classes of picturegoers by their wonderful insight into married life. To-day, the leading comedians of the screen rightly occupy a high place in their profession. They are artistes in the fullest sense of the word, and need not fear com- parison in this respect with the greatest actors and actresses. Larry Semon and Dorothy Dwan in " The Wizard of Oz "