Sociology of film : studies and documents (1946)

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THE ADULT AND THE CINEMA soever. The modern generation are lacking in that respect, I have heard it said that women in these times doing men's work are excuses for the man not to give up his seat in a bus or in general to treat her as an equivalent. Women whether doing a man's job or not get tired quicker and more easily than a man. But in some cases I must admit, a man is justified in remaining in his seat, as more often than not, he never even hears a 'thank-you' if he gives it up to a woman. All these tips should be noted by both sexes when seeing a picture, and perhaps someday, I may drop in a faint when some boys I know let me go in front of them or walk on the inside of the pavement, or show some manners. I think too that some boys who must have too much imagination go so far as to copy boys on the films, such as the 'Dead End Kids' they see it on the films, stealing, lying and cheating, and in the film they get away with it, and think in real life they can do the same. Candidly I don't like such pictures. Women's and men's fashions on the films generally appeal to me, like most women. But in some cases they are absolutely ridiculous, such as in Lady in the Dark Ginger Rogers wore some wonderful creations and I honestly preferred the simple modes, and got a great laugh at some of the others especially the ones the film actress Phyllis Brooks wore. I like the simple and plain fashions and try to make my own clothes resemble them. But I don't like the over dressed woman's clothes and many girls do try to copy these and especially in this country where the climate is so different and changeable the effect is ridiculous instead of stunning. But I do prefer men's fashions on the films, and they do influence me on what the well dressed man should wear. In regard to both sexes if there are too-broad a shoulder or not enough, or none too shapely a leg, they do know how to camoflage (camouflage) the defect from which tips and hints I do try to copy. I expect I would not be truthful if I said that films do not influence me on the question of love, because like many other women they do, as I expect they do man about woman. Everyone has his or her favourite actor or actress about whom they build a secret ambition, to fall in love with someone just like them. Love Story intrigued me very much, the hero was what every girl dreams about, handsome, well dressed, thoughtful, kind and well mannered and in meeting one of the opposite sex, it is only natural to try and find those qualities in him. But also, there is the other type of hero that appeals to me, the character that is ruthless, brutal, and yet so calm and smooth tongued, such a part as Humphrey Bogart or r 257 M.S.F.