Sociology of film : studies and documents (1946)

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THE ADULT AND THE CINEMA I thought the idea smarter and more practicable than a dressing gown or housecoat. Technicolour influences me as regards colour schemes. To quote a recent example, the brilliant reds and purples in Kismet. I had never dreamt of wearing purple until now (my colouring is dark) . I prefer films which deal with real people — biographies. They prove how a person will struggle and fight for an ideal, and whether it is worth it or not. Such as Louis Pasteur', Emile ^ola; Madam Curie and particularly The Story of Dr. Wassell. Films do not influence me very much as regards Love. I have very definite ideas on that subject and am not easily influenced. There are certainly not many screen heroes whom I would care to possess as a lover or husband. I do believe in divorce though. To my mind it is absurd for a couple to carry on together, if they are hopelessly at cross-purposes. Of course where children are concerned, it involves deep and serious thought. I think this subject is treated too flippantly on the screen, such as Marriage is a Private Affair. However, I am influenced as regards etiquette. The type of clothes to be worn at different social functions; the correct and most interesting method of laying a table for a dinner. The correct wines with different meats and fishes; the correct use of cutlery. All this can be learnt much better by keen observation of a film than merely reading from a book. I think that children could be educated better by films — educational, of course, and especially prepared, not the incorrect Hollywood editions. (I am referring to history here.) A far better method and more interesting than learning solely from books. Films can present subjects in a more intriguing way. History and Geography can live, instead of being a succession of dates and rivers and towns, etc. As regards the portrayal of children, films go from the sublime to the ridiculous. They are presented as precocious brats, such as the 1 6 yr. old child portrayed by Ann Gillis in Meet the Stewarts or stupidly good-natured, but still managing to come through with flying colours as acted by Jimmy Lydon in the 'Henry Aldwich' series. I think that Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, and Cecilia Parker, and the rest of the 'Hardy family' are as true to life as possible in a film. Their types of homes, and ways of living in the 'Andy Hardy' series often make me very envious. In films the good-looking hero invariably wins the good-looking girl (to quote any film). While I think that in real life it seems that *95