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THE ADULT AND THE CINEMA
If films have influenced me at all, I think it must be from the artistic point of view. I notice and admire all the harmonious settings, especially in Technicolour pictures. Even the make-up of stars (I do not use any myself) or the ugly legs camouflaged with designed stockings, etc. For a clearer example I mention Blood and Sand, in which the brilliant colours were so impressive as to be mentally refreshing. Possibly because I am more used to sunny climates.
As a contrast, Fanny by Gaslight was so dull in theme and setting that I lost patience and condemned a public that could like such a film. I now dislike all the stars who appeared in it.
With regard to more personal influences, fashion, etc. My answer is 'No'. Although I have known several English girls who have admittedly copied movie stars in many ways, but we (i.e. the family) concluded that it was because they had unimpressive personalities.
I venture to suggest that were you to conduct a similar research in Australia or South Africa (that is, if my experience is at all representative) you would find people were much less film conscious. No one desires earnestly to 'see the stars in the flesh', or to go to Hollywood. If they want to go anywhere it is to England. Despite the unglamorous, unattractive presentation of the country on the screen. May I offer the opinion that this is because in the Dominions our lives are more social, and active, leaving less time for day-dreams.
I trust that I have not been too prolix.
25. Miss . . .
I am 17 years of age and will be 18 on August 24th. I am of British Nationality, and a member of the female sex. My father's profession is that of a Gent's Outfitter, and my Mother has no profession except that of housewife. Having given the information requested I shall now proceed.
In answer to the second question as to whether 'Have films ever appeared in your dreams' — my answer is definitely in the negative.
The first question is rather more difficult to answer. If someone should ask me whether films influence my behaviour with regard to any personal decisions I should be called upon to make, either in love, divorce, manners, fashions, etc., I should answer on the spur of the moment 'Most emphatically not', but on thinking my answer over, I have come to the conclusion that it would not be strictly true. To a certain extent, and perhaps to a very minute degree, my subconscious mind is influenced by a film which had made a deep impression on my mind. But that impression, I can
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