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way of saying I'VE will have nothing in the
pictures but milk and water" ridiculous.
insipid mediocrty that could not possibly in
terest any one.
A motion picture of this class would be
as interesting and efficient as newspaper
that never steps on any ones toes. and you
can imagine how people would be interested
in that kind of a newspaper
We believe that we have as much right
to present the facts of history as we see
them, on the motion picture screen, as a
Guizot a Bancroft. n Ferrari or a Wood
row Wilson has to write these facts in his
history. We believe 1t as a right under the
Constitution of the United States, and we
are supported in this belief by wise judicial
decisions In cases where the matter has
been presented to the courts in the right
way.
The foremost educators of the country
have urged upon us moving picture pro.
ducers to put away the slap.stck comedians,
the ridiculous. sentimental "mush" stories,
the imitation of the cheap magazines, and
go to the fields of history for our subjects
They have told us repeatedly that the mo-
tion picture can impress upon a people as
much of the truth Of history in an evening
as many months OF study will accomplish
AS one eminent divine has said to the
masses. 1T teaches history by lightning"
We would like very much to do this.
The reason for the slap-stick and the
worst that Is in pictures is censorship.
Let those who tell us TO uplift our art in
vest money in the production of an historic
play of the time of Christ. They will find
this cannot be staged without mourning the
wrath of a certain part OF our people. Tho
massacre of St Bartholomew. II produced
will tread upon the toes OF another part Of
our people. I was considering the produc-
tion of the history of the American people
only this last year 1t got into the papers
From all over the country 1 was strongly
advised that this was not the time for a
play on the American Revolution. because
the English and their sympRthizers would
not take kindly, during these emotional war
times. the part the English played in the
wars Of the American Revolution, and that
the proGermans would not care to see the
Hessians play the part they would play IN
the story of our freedom.
In other words. so long as censorship
holds the motion picture under it's thumb,
1t Is in every way enslaved. 1t dares not
speak the truth on any subject. and there
fore must confine itself to ridiculous in
furious and childish slap-stick and absurd
and weak dramatology The moral re-
formers plead with us TO put on pictures
which speaks editOrially against certain
evils OF the day. How does any man dare to
invest his money in any picture that speaks
against any certain class or condition OF
people, however evil and open to condemnR-
ton their work may be, when he knows
how easy 1t is for few individuals to go
to any one of the many hundreds of censor
ship boards in the country and influence
them 10 destroy the property which the
producer has gone to great pains and care
TO build up?
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The Future Now Secure
for Play and Photoplay
A Prominent Theatrical Manager, Who Is Also Film
Producer, Sizes Up the Arts Of
Screen and Stage
By WILLIAM A. BRADY

who come into the industry its balance
wheels They are absolutely necessary.
The regular theatrical manager and the
motion-pcture promoter must come to .
closer understanding Their interests are
alike and the reforms that they can bring
about by working together will benefit them
both. The business of providing entertain
ment on the screen and stage, which has
grown to be the fourth largest industry in
the country, will surely be helped Inn
mensely when the methods applied in other
industries are put into operation. No other
Industry has anything like the waste of this
amusement game" Think of the saving
from an economic standpoint alone when
efficiency is used in the making and the
handling of theatrical productions and mo-
| tion pictures!
But more businessllke methods alone win
not carry the theatre forward. We have
suffered even more from the lack of artistic
work than we have from the lack of shrewd
management. And one of the crying needs
right now is for fine acting. Even good act
ing is at premium. We absolutely need
young actors and actresses who will appear
for reasonable salaries. They have had
their heads turned by the prices paid in
studios where producers were Historically
trying to outdo each other in extravagance.
All this has given actors an exaggerated
idea of their value without increasing their
respect for their profession or developing
their abilities in that profession You hear
them say that motion-pcture work develops
them. 1t doesn't do more than teach them
something about pantomime. Charlie Chap
lin admits modestly that he cannot act In
the theatre, and the most studios can do IL
to develop more Charlie Chapllns.
In the meantime II is next to impossible
to make up competent cast for New
York production at any fair price, and often
1t can't be done for any price at all. Where
are our future Julia Marlowes and Richard
Mansfelds to come from? Repertory is the
only hope I can see. Without wishing to
lavish undue praise upon the organiza-
ton which lately visited Philadelphia
under Grace Georges management. must
say that in my opinion II is upon such COM
panies the future OF our theatre depends
And want TO add that think It ridiculous
for our millionaires to subscribe large funds
for the Shakespearean production of fam
GUS English actor, and give financial sup
port to the establishment of a French
theatre in New York
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l Am the Motion Picture
BY ARTHUR JAMES
I AM the Motion Picture.

AM the child of mans genius, the
;. triumph of man over space and
Time. l am a mute, but / am elo-
quent to millions. l travel desert
sands, / climb the tallest mountain
peaks, | traverse prairie, glacier,
Jungle, forest, sea and air, and
bring the vision of journeys to the
eyes of common men.
AM the pleasant hour of prince
and child, of master mind and
little boy. instruct, | delight,
thrill, l entertain, ! please, / shock,
cheer, | move the world to laughter
and to tears.
AM the sublime story teller of all
ages. l am the dramas greater
brother.
HAVE more friends than all the
!, friendly men on earth. stir the
blood, | quicken the pulse, / encour-
age the imagination, / stimulate the
young, | comfort and solace the
old and sorrowing. / bring price
less gifts and make them yours.
/ SHOW more of travel than that
!, OF all the books penned, by all
the writer's of the world. / preach
sermons to congregations greater
tnan the combined fiocks of the pul-
pts OF all lands. | make for happi-
ness make for kindness.
AM the one great international
friend | am history, spoken for
every race and sect and creed can
understand. | preserve heroes for
hes1erlty, l give centuries more of
me 70 the arts and sciences.
/ Am mans greatest and noblest
invention.
| AN the Motion Picture.
- Courtesy Of Alotion Picture Nail
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ton picture, when this new art was seized
by the powers of intolerance as an excuse
for an assault on our liberties.
The motion picture is a medium of ex-
preston as clean and decent as any man
kind has ever discovered. people that
would allow the suppression of this form
of speech would unquestionably submit TO
the suppression of that which we all con-
slider SO highly the printing press.
And yet we find all through the country.
among all classes of people, the Idea that
the motion picture should be censored.
When the first small board of censorship
WAS established six years ago. we who took
II seriously then expected exactly what
has come to pass-that man of the mem
tai calibre of the captain OF police OF Chi
cago can tell two million American people
what they shall and shall not go to see IN
the way of moving picture,
They tell us we must not show crime in
a motion picture. We cannot listen to such
nonsense. These people would not have us
show the glores and beauties OF the most
wonderful moral Lesson the world has ever
known-the life of Christ-because in that
story we must show the vice OF the traitor
Judas Iscariot Had the modern censors
existed in past ages, and followed out their
theories TO a logical conclusion. there would
have been written no Had of Homer; there
would not have been written for the glory
of the human race that grand cadence OF
been no Goethe. There would have been
no thrilling, beautiful dramas given us as
the grandest heritage of the English-speak-
ing race-the plays Of Shakespeare And
even today, none of these creations would
these worthy censors leave in our possess
sion, had they their way.
All new things in the world. including
the Christian religion and the printing
press, at their beginnings have been con-
sldered as instruments OF evil and subject
to suspicion.
The motion picture has had to undergo
the same ordeal that seems TO be directed
at all new things.
In some communities they do not allow
the showing of crime in any form in any
motion picture This, followed to its logical
conclusion, would make absolutely imposs-
BILE the motion picture as an entertainment
or as an art
HolU Is It possible to portray UirtWs
Without portrayiHg Its opposite-ths thing
Of ulcer
Friedrich Schiller. the great German
dramatist, speaking Of the moral OF the
drama, said:
II Is the course of mortal things that
the good should be shadowed by the
bad. and virtue shine the brightest when
contrasted with vice. Whoever pro-
poses to discourage vice and to vindi-
cate religion. morality and social or
der against their enemies must un-
veil crime in all its deformity and place
It before the eyes OF men in its colossal
magnitude he must diligently explore
it's dark mazes and make himself
familiar with sentiments at the wicked
ness Of which his soul revolts
Search your minds for any story worth
telling, or any play that is worth seeing
that does not IN some way show vice IN
some form The policy OF the generally
accepted censorship Is to approve OF pic
tures which offend no one. That Is one
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Freedom of speech and publication Is
guaranteed in the Constitution of the United
States, and in the constitution Of practical
ly all the States. Unjustifable speech OF
publication may be punished, but cannot be
forbidden in advance. Mayor Gaynor that
great jurist who stood out from the
ordinary gallery-playing, hypocritical type
OF politician as white rose stands out from
n field of sewer-fed weeds. said In vetoinG
a moving picture censorship ordinance In
the city of New York:
ours is a government of free speech
and a free press. That is the corner
stone of free government The phrase
''the press' includes all methods OF eH-
preston by writing or pictures
II this CnoVlng picture) ordinance be
legal, then a similar ordinance in re-
spect to the newspapers and the
theatres generally would be legal.
Today the censorship of moving pictures,
throughout the entire country, Is seriously
hampering the growth of the art Had In
telligent opposition to censorship been en-
ployed when It first made itself manifest 1t
could easily have been overcome. But the
plgmy child of that day has grown to be.
not merely a man, but giant, and / tell
YOU who read this, whether you will or no
he is a giant whose forces of evil are so
strong that he threatens that priceless herl'
tage OF our nation-freedom of expression.
The right of free speech has cost cen.
turtles upon centuries OF untold sufrerlngs
and agonies; 1t has cost rivers OF blood; 1t
has taken as it's toll uncounted fields
Uttered with the carcases OF human beings
all this that there might come to live
and survive that wonderful thing, the power
of free speech. In our country It has taken
some OF the best blood OF our forefathers.
The Revolution itself was a fight in this
directlon-for the God-given, beautiful idea
of free speech.
Afterward the first assault on the right
OF free speech guaranteed by the Constitu'
passed the sedition law, l0hioh made II a
orime for Gsu newspaper or other printed
publication 10 cfItieiSe the Government
Partisan prosecutions OF editors and pub.
fishers took place at the Instance OF the
party IN poDer, and popular indignation
was aroused against this abridgment OF
liberty to such an extent that Thomas JEFF
ferson, the candidate OF the opposition
party for President, was triumphantly
elected. And after that nothing more was
heard OF the sedition law, which expired
by limitation in 1901
The integrity OF free speech and publ
cation was not dOain attacked seriously in
this country until the arrival OF the mo-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-24
Scenario Lesson Seventeen;
Importance of Subtitle
The Proper Use of Leaders, Subttes, Inserts, Etc.
;. They Have Made Many Poor
Picture Success
BY HARRY o. HOYT
Head OF Metro ScennrIo StofY

+ ADISCUSSION of leaders subtitles In
n serts and other factory.made explana-
tory matter essential in a finished picture
has been reserved until this time. MI
merous requests have come in asking for
an article on this subject. But 1t mas
seemed best to deal with the more import
ant elements of plot construction first.
1t is we'll to learn the construction OF
the drama before dealing with subject
which, at its best, is bound to be somewhat
confusing. Probably more scenario writer's
come to grief through their inability to eN-
press the idea or effect they want to get
over than from any other cause. In most
cases the fault lies in their lack of appre-
citation of Just what will photograph as a
picture. on the one hand, and what is neces-
sary to be inserted to clarity the picture,
on the other hand,
The scenario editor receives fearful
and wonderful assortment of scripts. In
one for example, the author Will use no
subtltles or inserts of any nature, Whlle
probably another overzealous neophyte VIII
place subtitle before every scene, with
perhaps six or eight spoken titles In
scene. 1t has been stated as general
proposition that the leaderless script is the
IDEAL scenario, provided always that the
story can be told entirely in action.
Theoretically, perhaps, this is correct !;
practically, however. It is not true. In
way 1t corresponds with the two-cycle and
four-cycle internal combustion engine
With all of the theoretical value of the two
cycle engine, gasoline engine manufacturers
have found four-cycle engines practical and
the two-cylinder engine impractical.
. Subtltles are absolutely necessary in all
except the billionth script. They perform
many functions and serve many purposes,
Nothing Is moro confusing than TO look at
q motion picture and wonder what 1t Is
about. The actor may do superb acting
and the direction may be fiawless, but with
out proper subtitles the story is almost GER
tain to be largely lost.
Your characters must be introduced with
subtitles in order that we may know who
y who This may be considered the first
function of a subtitle. the Identification of
characters. If John is In love with Mary
and Richard Is IN love with Mary. we may
not need to be told In a subtitle. We may
snow scene of John making love to Mary
on a rustic bench. flash to another scene
showing Richard approaching and. on see
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-24
What Sardou Thought
of Hamlet"

HAMLET is idiotic; furthermore,
II the ghost is simply ridiculous.
He appears to everybody that will
take the trouble to look at him; he
promenades on the ramparts of Elsi-
more; he wanders around among the
sentinels. The passersby have con-
templated him at their ease. Why is
he visible to everybody and anybody
except TO the wife that murdered
him? Why does he send two officers
of the watch TO tell his son that he
wants to speak with him? And what
a comical scene is that of the oath? {?
"Swear upon my sword" says HAM
let, "never to reveal what you have
seen tonight" And four times.
from four different points, the ghost
cries "Swearw HOratio and Mar
cellus swear. But he does mot re-
member-this doting old ghost-hi~
posthumous visits to the sentinels
the castle.
AS to the philosophy of the
/ find it no better than tn,
People go into eestasies oveE
nous soliloquy, ITO be or y
| cannot myself know il
are annihilated after dee
But if any one is we
upon that point it is
talks every day with
father. -
declare, and | repei
is nothing good in the
opinion, except the seer.
actors-the idea of eaus-
played before the king anG
l. l..
had committed, ia order to
their secret. AS to the duel
end, and the exchange II foiis :
brings about the eatastrophe,
weakest playwright Of today uoul
not dare 70 employ such q method =
end his piece.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-24

Being excerpts and sketches from
the little book just published by the dis.
tinguished producer Of "The Birth OF
q Nation"
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SHORT and SNAPPY NEWS

GEORGE HOLLAND worker identified yesterday Grass
alley CAL Edith Phillips and her 10
old Monday night
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WHAT WOULD UNITED STATES DO IN CASE
OF A BREAK. OR WARMTH the KAISER7
CONTINUED FROM PAGE

American fleet speeder could always
mask thru wireless control, fleet transports "a hours dis
tant from the American II OF 400
mies along which TO rush its TO landing point
The thing 10 feasible " difficult and guar
antee against H.
The coast defense scheme 10 political and has virtually
military significance.
probable within which
CoNCEN
rRATED MOST or THE ECONOMIC RESOURCES OF THE CouN
TRY
HOW CAPTURE OF NEW YORK WOULD HELP GERMANY
The conduct the German staff understands
monte
Poland dense industrial country the headquarters OF six
Russian
Lille Vaenciennes without
which eventually
SO does New York OF gold OF this country
New York might than the OF the
The only valid defense capable OF meeting and defeat
force landed Eastern
Tho available
OF
number second line
impossible the
the time send 10 school, especially the higher ranks
Tho militia yoluneerBha million OF them would be enough
should have their officers trained high enough standard TO make
decent second line
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Mira. Abbie Il. Krebs. OF San
Francisco. Cal. republican candi.
date for delegate to the national
convention in Chicago to be held
early in June Mrs. Krebs' name
will be voted upon by the republl-
cans at an election on May 2. Four
generations of her own family will
vote for her Her mother. Mrs. u,
ID. Jackson, 90, recently registered
that she might cast vote for her
daughter Her son and grand
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the man she believes best equipped
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BRUCE kRgMgR Butte Mont member OF democratic national
mme has been placed temporarily In chair secretary of nation
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GEORGE mi
ycaroid cousin Monday night
BRUCE kHgmga Butte Mont. national
committee has been placed temporarily in chair secretary nation
MASSACHUSETTS 90 delegates to republican convention
are unpledsed; remaining four for Roosevelt
MRS: ABRAHAM Asssllse died win sysaroa dsusee, In
sves by woman before .Ss ospssd house
temple
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H. coRson candidate coroner. spoke
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Mrs. Olive C. Cole. OF Los An
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