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ARTEX COMPANY 1133 Broadway Dept. 64 New York City the author's ideas. The picture was The Jungle, and it is interesting to note that the concern which made it was forced into bankruptcy almost before the picture was shown ! Tried to Make Films for Masses T, ii ree or four years ago an effort was made to organize a company to make and distribute pictures in the interest of the workers. This company tried to show The Jungle, to make a little money and get a start; and all over the country they ran into the censor. The picture was barred from Chicago absolutely, and the secretary of the censorship board made no bones about the reason; the picture was an attack upon Chicago's biggest and most powerful industry. Then came the National Board of Review, ordering the removal of a caption describing the United States of America as "Not just the sweet land of liberty." Also they ordered the removal of a caption in a court scene, "Pleading for Justice.' This seemed to convey the idea that workingmen sometimes did not get justice in the United States without pleading for it ! I should like to get this movie censor to read a book called "Justice and the Poor," which tells the facts on this subject — and teiis them without the indorsement of Chief Justice Taft of the U. S. Supreme Court ! Movies Man of Mystery-F rom page 71 that he has been criticized for the way in which he entered the modern episode; but argues that the dramatic let-down was deliberate and if he had kept up the tension the audiences would crack under the strain. De Mille Says the Spectacle Is Doomed The spectacle director somewhat startled me by announcing that the spectacle as such is doomed. That it never really stood for anything anyway. If there is an excuse for spectacular scenes, by all means put them in. But — — ■ "Blowing up a train means nothing," said Cecil de Mille, "unless a human heart is blown up at the same time." Somehow I could see that flashing on the screen as an embroidered sub-title by Jeanie MacPherson. And "There is no sense in a thousand horses galloping somewhere. You will never thrill your audiences with such a scene. If the horses are galloping somewhere in particular — to save a kingdom or a heroine — then you will have them sitting on the edges of their orchestra chairs." Again — Cuties on Rope T^addcrs will forbear asking Mr. de Mille if he thinks that his orgy in the Biblical episodes of The Ten Commandments was entirely uncalled for. I knew that no matter what subject he selected he would still find a way to show cuties swinging on rope ladders over the revellers. Again "We have had thousands of waving torches," said the director. "But what do they mean when waved for no rea son at all ? No matter how many torches there may be, they are of small consequence unless they also ignite a spark in a human being." The man who has filmed more spectacular orgies and revels and has used more silk and jewels and furs to the film foot than any one who ever wore puttees is following The Ten Commandments with Triumph. And he is sticking to his story. In Triumph there will be no crowds and, as far as can be ascertained, no orgies. Or if there are orgies, they will be of the nice, quiet kind. It is, briefly, the tale of a tin can. Leatrice Joy and Richard Dix, two young people whose pictorial place has always seemed to be in the home, however humble, will have the leading roles. Apparently a plain, wholesome picture, free from frills. Has He Shot His Last Bedroom? 'oes Mr. de Mille mean to keep his word? Has he shot his last bedroom scene ? Will his heroines never again star in the shower ? If such is the case, has he lost your allegiance? Or can you be counted on to follow his plots into the front parlor as readily as into the boudoir? We can't clear up the great de Mille mystery right now. Time alone, as the titles say, will tell. It may even be a little matter for the ages. But just to be fair about this thing, to present C. B. to you in a new and practically unprejudiced light, I'll tell you what he said about The Ten Commandments, which, despite his declaration that it is the cheapest picture ever made, cost nigh onto a million dollars. "It should be called 'The Ten Gray Hairs.' Five for Mr. Zukor and five for Mr. Lasky."