Sociology of film : studies and documents (1946)

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CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS AND THE CINEMA his very own, but, not being very brilliant at school was not allowed one. Although he had his own way soon enough, he having a mother who sided just a little bit with him. One day his Father was going out to round some of the horses up and bring them back, but he was not allowed to go, owing to the fact that he had had a bad report and had to do extra work in the holidays. He was able to meet them on the way back and succeeded in scaring them and making them stampede. After a little while he was able to choose a horse and he chose one that came from a very wild breed which did not please his father very much. He had this wild horse and the story continued to tell you how he tamed it. One of the important events being that it was very ill, and the boy was very ill, and they both nearly died. Anyway they almost died, but it didn't seem as simple as that when one was watching it on the screen. It ended up very happily although you did not know that until the very end. 12. D.F. Although the film which I am going to write about was made a few years ago, I happened to see it, when it had recently been revived. The title of the film was Pygmalion and it was based on the play by Bernard Shaw. It was considered to be the first successful play of his to be screened. I myself liked it for its witty dialogue, its polished acting and floorless production. The story was about a very poor and badly spoken flower girl. It happened that a certain proffesseur had suddenly found a friend of his from India. This friend had a bet with him, to see if this proffesseur could so train this very common flower girl, so as she could be passed into society within six months. You are then shown how the proffesseur teaches her elocution, how and what to speak about when she meets people. After a short while he brings her to his mother when a few guests have come for tea, Eliza, the flower girl while making conversation recites by heart, lines she had learned about in elocution. After the Proffesseur Higgins motions to her that it is time for her to go, she does so but not before she has shocked them first. The time draws on and the proffesseur arranges to take her now to a very important dance where he hopes she will be able to be passed as a lady. By this time she has entirely changed and makes a great success. He eventualy wins the bet. 75