Screenland (Jan–Jun 1948)

rammed down their throats. Such pictures as those dealing with anti-Semitism are a. great help, though. GREG: I agree, Ann, that entertainment must be in such films. Yet we cannot ignore topical problems. Screen dramas will be created by news and events and we must recognize them. Those who do deal with such problems often, through their own deep insight, have given audiences a finer appreciation of life, a more philosophical awareness of what is important. But let's watch that soap box business! ANN SOTHERN: Definitely! I still believe the public wants light entertainment. That's the purpose of the movie business — to entertain. Especially with the world as it is. And that doesn't mean, as has often been implied, that today's audiences are juvenile. They aren't. Too many pictures that were ballyhooed to the skies and that were awful have been flops because of the good old sixth sense of the average audience. LON: In the Army, I had a chance to talk to a lot of people about what they wanted to see in films. They weren't at all satisfied with light froth. In these people was the embryo for a great respect for pictures — but that embryo never grew. An intelligent person recognizes the importance of pictures and wants to see something worthwhile done by the business. I, personally, feel that producers try to combine too much entertainment with too much message. One thing is sure — today's audience is choosy. ANN BLYTH: Well, I, for one, wouldn't want musicals and light pictures all the time. Nor would I want all dramas. You need variety. Yet I'd like to do a musical some time where I could sing. As for today's audience, they're not juvenile— just lazy at times! Lazy in that they don't want to accept new ideas. GREG: We're talking as though light froth is the only way for an audience to forget its troubles and be entertained. Instead, I think pictures must be uplifting and stimulating — and people will forget their woes just as fast. Seeing an endless run of musicals and chorus girls and slapstick comedy won't do much toward lightening people's cares. A great drama can lift them out of a rut much faster. Primarily because a great drama shows a better approach toward life and a more philosophic acceptance of it. SUSAN: That's my point, Greg. People want to associate themselves with the characters they see portrayed on the screen. They never forget themselves so much as when they're emotionally embroiled in the problems of people on the screen. _ If a picture does not move or stir an audience, it has not served its purpose. ANN SOTHERN: It all comes down to one thing — the manner in which a message or froth is presented. There are dangers to both forms. 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