Screenland (Oct 1923-Mar 1924)

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Yet the producer seems to prefer paying a small sum for a poor story and then tries to make something out of it by building it into an expensive, spectacle. The public is entitled to wholesome, human interest stories. Will the producers ever measure up to the public's' expectations? Frank G. Davis 441 East Wolfe St., Harrisonburg, Va. The Editor's Letter Box, screenland I warn you, this will be a long letter. If you wish to publish any part of it I shall be grateful for the space. If not, I shall at any rate have satisfied my longfelt ambition to write and explain to the world just what is wrong with the movies. But first I must pause and congratulate ScREENLATsii) on its new contributors — Delight Evans, Robert E. Sherwood, Gladys Hall, Frederick James Smith, Grace Kingsley and Harriette Underhill — some lineup! Long may you flourish! Well, here we go. What's the matter with Paramount? I think Mr. Frederick James Smith hit the nail on the head when he said that too much attention is being paid to such details as lighting, staging and photography. Mr. Smith didn't mention the Zukor organization in his article, but I think they are the worst offenders in this respect. Everything is so cut and dried; so darn much efficiency! I haven't seen a really good Paramount picture for ages (with the possible exception of Hollywood) and can count on the fingers of one hand all the enjoyable ones I ever saw — What Every Woman Knows, Blood and Sand, Sentimental Tommy and The Covered Wagon — which, by the way, I haven't seen yet but expect to enjoy. Universal certainly has improved a lot lately. The Flirt was good and most people thought that M erry-go-Round was splendid, although I viewed it rather indifferently. Christie Comedies don't get half enough praise from the critics. Even when the action isn't uproariously funny the subtitles are. Those sub-titles invariably get a laugh out of any audience. Some of the stock actors on the Christie lot are great — there's one big fellow in particular (looks like Earl Rodney) who is a scream with his weird make-ups. Hal Roach's Gang are a great bunch, too — Micky and Little Farina in particular. I am awaiting eagerly Lois Weber's next picture. Those domestic dramas she did with Claire Windsor and Louis Calhern in the leading roles were little masterpieces. It takes a woman to make a set look like a real home; the sets in her pictures invariably looked real and the people seemed real and the stories natural. As far as I am concerned, Lois Weber can take a seat in the front row where Eric Yon Stroheim, Charles Brabin, Fred Kodolph Valentino A limited quanity of art studies in full color of the above cover by Rolf Armstrong, have been printed for private distribution. They are reproduced upon heavy pebbled paper, suitable for framing, or as a Christmas gift. Mr. Armstrong is famous as a painter of beautiful women, but in producing his much talked-of series of star covers for S C R E E N L A N D, he has outstripped all his previous efforts. Connoisseurs of art and admirers of the screen's celebrities will cherish this series. It is for their benefit that this limited edition of five hundred special prints is being run off" each month as the covers appear on the magazine. All lettering has been eliminated and the cover alone stands forth in all its brilliant coloring, It is a piece of art worth keeping and framing; an ideal Christmas gift. SPECIAL XMAS OFFER Sent postpaid on receipt of twenty-five cents in coin, stamps, or money order: or FREE with a year' 'r subscription to SCREENLAND for $2.50. SCREENLAND PRINT DEPT. 119 West 40th Street New York City