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360 SOUND MOTION PICTURES
motion picture will show improvement. There have been some definite expressions against the all-dialogue pictures, but these arise as criticisms of the imperfections that may be expected in any beginning. Of course, certain stories or subjects that do not lend themselves to dialogue will continue to be made in silent form, for the public will be hospitable to silent motion pictures as readily as to talking pictures provided they are of good quality. There is no conflict between the two; each has its place, and both will meet with the success that they deserve. At this writing, the leading producers have shown marked improvement in the all-dialogue pictures recently shown. The splendid productions of In Old Arizona and The Cock-Eyed World, produced by the Fox Film Corporation, were successful principally because they were remarkable entertainment. Metro-Gold wyn-Mayer's The Broadway Melody and Madame X are other notable examples of the rapid strides that are being made; and such pictures are but hints of the progress that may be expected.
Under the new conditions it is likely that fewer productions will be made than in the past. It is an easy thing to turn out a number of silent motion pictures that require only titles to hold a story together. But when a story depends on intelligent and continuous dialogue the richest capabilities of writers of drama will be taxed. It is difficult to imagine anything as annoying as inept or meaningless dialogue. Where the silent motion picture left something to the imagination of the audience, a dialogue picture, to be acceptable, will have to absorb the full attention of the auditor. Good writers will become more important than in the past; and though it is likely that those who have been writing titles for the silent motion picture will be in demand as writers of dialogue pictures, their dialogue will probably be part of their own stories, for the new art will demand an author's creation. The in