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ASPECTS OF THE SOCIAL SCENE 29
are places of the blackest iniquity and dens of moral corruption. That, of course, will depend upon the sort of person he is and the liberality of his mind. Even supposing, however, he is of the sort who consider the discussion of sexual psychology wholly shocking, he will find in cinema plenty that has nothing to do with sex whatsoever, and even amongst the stars themselves a large number who are a good many miles removed from the category of those possessing ' sex-appeal.5
For there are actors who really act, whose work carries the burden of making tolerable the slender stories into which they are often put. There is, for* example, George Arliss, darling of old ladies in cathedral towns, who, whether portraying Disraeli, Wellington, or Richelieu, still manages to be Mr. Arliss. On an altogether different plane there is Charles Laughton, whose Henry the Eighth, Edward Moulton-Barrett, and Ruggles are three entirely different men. Mr. Laughton, indeed, is that rare phenomenon : a great actor. There is the incomparable Bergner, the genius of whom it would be redundant to do more than mention. There is a magnificent wealth of talent amongst supporting players whose work has been the backbone of many a film lacking any real distinction bar their contribution. There is a long array of comics and clowns, whose work makes for a healthier sanity amongst nations. The universality of a Chaplin film helps to sow the seeds of better international good-will far more than the implorations of publicists