Talking pictures : how they are made, how to appreciate them (c. 1937)

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The Short Subject his plays are standard in every college. And yet we cannot even remember half a dozen playwrights who in his day were considered the equal of Shakespeare. But Shakespeare, while writing greatly, also wrote entertainingly. The lesson that educational material gains effective force wrhen it is presented with maximum interest appeal, is one that the educational film of the future may well take from the present-day short subject. [255]