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THE ADULT AND THE CINEMA
18. Miss . . .
I am a shorthand-typist in an office. I get very bored with it and wish I was experienced enough to enable me to get a post as a private-secretary, But it seems that'll have to wait. My mother is a housewife, and my father is a merchant, he deals in various lines and is independant.
I am very fond of films, and for the past two years, have developed a 'pash' for Bette Davis. I have not tried to copy her in any way, as I think it would be an impossibility to do it successfully.
I have dreamt of her a few times. I often think of her, and my thoughts usually wander to how I should ever have the chance of meeting her. I really get some of the most fantastic notions, but however although I realize that, I still like her very much, and the thoughts still persist in coming. I am not like this over any other star, and rather envy them all.
I love to talk about her to other people, and especially to people who like her also.
Whether I get a prize or not, I should like you to answer this, and tell me whether I am wrong in this, or whether it is a natural thing. Please tell me anything you can about it.
19. Miss . . .
At first I thought this question seemed easy, because I cannot remember a time when films did not form part of my everyday conversation and affect my whole outlook on life. But although there are many logical down-to-earth plots and true-to-life backgrounds in films today, I do not think any of them have ever influenced a decision of mine.
Even fashions, passionate love scenes, and educational 'shorts' have not made such an impression that I am conscious of it; but I still think that, although it may be indirectly, films definitely influence most people who visit the cinema more than twice a month.
The books and plays I have read after seeing the screen adaptations are innumerable. These include Quality Street (except for Peter Pan I had never read J. M. Barrie before), Fire Over England, Show Boat, Jamaica Inn, Man in the Iron Mask, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, McLeod's Folly — (James Gagney in Johnny Vagabond), Tank at Oxford and these are only a few.
It is really interesting to be able to imagine a flesh-and-blood character rather than the shadowy image created by the author's ethereal description.
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