The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-05-26

4l2A>SA <eSSssSA-s.ssN
IS II--Iliehs tandafds
s FrederI,
$50
! TIE higher literary standards
i.achieTed by the MOVIES each season
Eenhance their ed1eati onal alue 90
.ahe millions of people who attend
ishem- The worlds cIasstes aresbemg
fHImed ina way that preserves their
literary value. while placing them
I within theirange of popular under
standing The Dickens revival IS
being especially emphasized m FIN
! vile The latest Presentation. that
tof -Barnaby Rudge. infye pares.ts
tnow ready FOR the screen it IS an
te1aborate production showing old
London streets, the Houses OF Par
THOUSANDS Of persons are Included
/ in the mob scenes Oliver Twist,
I .Dayid Copperfeld, and Old Curl
fosity Shop" have each been flmedsby
the same company with excellent re-
suits, though less e1aborate1y.
Shakespeare pays. The Last
DAYS of Pompei, The MIL on the
Floss Felix Holt and Jane
4 Eyre are few of the other Eng
ilish classics which are being filmed
iins a manner to create an interest IN
standard fiction victor Hugo'sLes
tSdiserables,'' Dumas:s Monte Chris
to-, and a number pf standard Ger
Imam works aresa1so being produced,
while Paradise Lost" and Dante's
is-Inferno,' are now under considers
ftion. The presentation of Augusta
|. JsEEanss old southern novel. Beu-
t1ah, . with an all star cast. is one of
the latest efforts Of large film com
ipsny.
| The reproduction of modern &c
ton In the movies is yet more no
ticeable. Five years ago. RexBeach
predicted that al1sof the longer works
of modern fiction would become
photo-plays. The manager to whom
he made this statement disagreed
with him at that time. because pro-
fduction as a popular novel was for
merly- regarded as Improbable Time
has sustained Mf Beach,s contention.
however, and the royalties he draws
from the production of his novels on
! the screen are almost equal TO those
from the original books. and more
lucrative than the special photo-plays
he has been induced. to write.
Gilbert Parker's Right of Way.
Izangwili's Melting Pot. Mrs.
frances Hodgson Burnett's Dawn
| of Tomorrow are among the more
| serious works which are. becoming
tknown to a larger number of people
through the films than they could
ever have reached IN BOOK IoInI,
Anna Katherine Greene: fslcna a.
Harding Davis. RudEard .hapi1ns S., ~ =
rus Townsend Bray. GeSSseSsa
iMcCutche Arthur aor 71lort a sra
countless other popular writers u :
| 80, becomfnR better known to the
moving patrons than they are 70 sns
bookebuyers-
1 While few writer's VIII go 70 tns
/ length of agreeing with the 1taAl I1eu
tpoet. D,Annunzio. as to the move
l:being the best way TO perpetua1e ~
/ treasures Of modern nteIatute ~.
tare beginning TO regard u 49,. -
Of their art ana nor q
are now engaged insphoto-play. = ta. 5,
ing. In the photo-piay, CaolIls.-
/ D,Annunzio claims TO nave wr 1us.u
his masterpiece All move Sec! ~
have made rapid gain lnsiIterais 49,
1 ity within the5lastsI"o year eaf ;
The question of censorship TOT t sne
photo-piay is being fought out IN Tue ene
/; courts OF several staeeS: N e5,.f -
manufactures urge 1reeoon ~ o ~ IN
lures equal to tnat gran t .as,i..,s.
| lie; press and nave & n s.n.oa " ma
tionaI board Of censorship. represent
ing the film manufacturers. nov
passes upon the bulk OF the pas .s
produced. They contend tnat II
would be detrimental to Their owl ,',a
interests to pass an obJectionaoie
play. as it would tend to ln9ure the
movie business in the eyes OF tue
public They hold that cer.aln pay ~, :
(which have been passed ana s1 snsn -
jected to. have not zen ouss snac3,l
bic in themselves eScepe ~ q Ise Tho
class for small number OF people W." ~
are astuated by personal otas. "
| the other hand. many persons re-