Sociology of film : studies and documents (1946)

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THE ADULT AND THE CINEMA In answer to question one. I have seen many films and I have always liked to watch closely the women's manner of dress, or hair style. I may say that in many cases I have copied the styles but the most dominant film with regard to fashions were. Hair style. For Whom the Bell Tolls. Dress. Now Voyager. And with regard to a film I have dreamt about I can safely name The Corsican Brothers, starring Douglas Fairbanks Junior and Ruth Warick. That film I dreamt about for many nights, and I remember especially that the death scene of Julian the twin brother of Mario was the piece I remembered most vividly. With regard to dreams I have also dreamt about a serial film that I saw when I was the age of 1 1 or 12 years. That film was Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars. I can quite confidently say that I remember practically all of that film until a few weeks ago and then I saw part of it again as a weekly serial at a picture palace in our town. It served to refresh my memory on the parts I had forgotten and I am sure I shall think and dream of it for a good many more years. I think the facts that made it stick in my mind for such a long time was that it was of a strange planet and the costumes were also very strange. The hero and heroine and party did perform many incredible deeds but what did annoy me was the fact that many people in the cinema when they saw the Marsians (Martians) in the film doing things that seemed slightly unnatural to us, laughed! I regard everyone who laughed at that film as a fool! They have no foresight. They have no understanding, nor did they try to understand. I think there is a possibility of our, one day, trying to reach Mars by means of a rocket ship, after all they are trying to reach the moon shortly, so why not Mars? 51. Mr. ... I am writing to you in answer to your Questions in Picturegoer. I am 15 years of age I am of British nationality, sex Boy profession Messenger. Well I think Question one is yes. For instance, after seeing the film An American Romance I suddenly decided to be good natured and hard working. Now I find it is making quite a good effect on my work. I also think the second one is yes. Once I had a dream about war and selfsacrifice the film A Guy Named Joe Imediatly 234