The Washington times., 1916-02-08
PHOTOPLAYS AND
PHOTOPLAYERS
BY GARDNER MACK.
Views Of Points Of
Vie7v Of Nations
Thinkers Made
in Film Form
BY GARDNER MACK.

Publicists. statesmen. lecturers. SCI
entists. and others are being given
new form of expression for their
thoughts In a novel motion picture
series that has iust been developed
Tor the purpose of actually giving
views or pictures illustrating the
points Of view of such peODl" on live
topics of the daN. The idea is to Civ"
in pictures the things that the best
known thinkers arc advocating.
Colonel Roosevelt's views on pre-
DHl lCdness: Prof. Hugo Munst"rh"rg
ideas OF psychology: Prof. Sp"rrv'S
explanation of tn" Svrosropc: some
bCdN's plans for "bcttcr babies. etc.
are being gathered into picture form.
The Paramount company is r"spon-
Sible for The idea, and IN" first series
OF pictures is about ready to b"
shown. The idea has come in for
considerable comment among the
people with whom ii has been dis
cusSed. there having been no public
announcement made of it until tn"
hackers Of the scheme see how ii
VIII really work out in pictures.
II would seemed TO be an excellent
scheme. EspcCiallv as the men who
are the authors of the Views to be
expressed in pictures will Themselves
oversee the nreparation Of each set
OF pictures. That is. no set will he
sent out until II has been edited and
rev iscd by the person whose
thoughts ii represents.
Charles r.. Meyer, who is one OF
the authors Of the idea. is cnthus-
astic AS to its possibilities.
This is not visualizinu news" do
"lan"s Mr. Moyer. but ii is PIC
turizinp big, vital Thought II as
founded the audience we gathered to
Sc" ii in tho studio. Its contents car
ried out in action the written
thoughts and ideas OF such men as
Theodor" Roosevelt. FN-prcsident OF
tn" United states; fred"rick Palmer
tn" war correspondent. Henry Rcu-
t"rdahl. naval expert: Elmer A
Sprrry, inventor. Irof. Hugo Nun
st"rhcrG, psychologiSt. OF HarNnrd
/ l'nivrrsity: J. Inlud. cOstumrr and
designer. j. Il. BRAY. vuituomiSI.
Waldcmar kacmrff"rt. editor Of
Popular Science Monthly: L"ggetr
Il Gru"u. trick Photographers. and
many others.
"Il is an exemDlifiraiiou Of tho
fact that tho photoplaN thrat"r Is 10
exist as an increasing SOU G" Of
good and an influential fHclor ia
every community. JndiciousIH said.
they are educational. but lnCkinI
that n"ChaniCal nOnotOny So often
seen In the sO-Callcd 'cduCntiouHl.
replacing this by distinct mdividu-
alty.
on" Of the contributing editors
gives his big ideas on 'Prrphr, ,dncss.
Naval and Nililarv.' Hm0thrr on
lioW to put ia" GNr0sCOp" t" Work.
or Testing III" Mmd,' Better ia
hi"s' ana Il score of other subjects,
psvrholUglcal. technical, cduratioral
ronical. trickfuI, rlI tor the bctlrr-
m"nl of humHnit}. Your personal
ideas upon thes" subjects may he
Unfurmulat"d. but pictured NividIy
on the screen precisely AZ y ROOSc-
V"t II Palmer. R"uterdahl. n
Munst"rb"rg, or Sperry have
thought them. these ideas hrcom"
rar" food for mental rumination.
So ii Is that they teach: they be
come n motion picture university Of
thought. & university Wh"r" indus
try. manners, CnaII,N. politics,
SAFETY first or any - IT,. great hu-
nanities OF life can b" portrayed. lis
instruction is given i >urn pleas
ing form that the aud'"ur" -'h" pu-
rilS-nrVcr for It single instant real
iZc that they nlC nriua!'V h"'iUE
taught they feet H$ Il they W"lr he
ing amused. Ru, Ih"} 'hi',k. rur!
think. they riIII d''nlv. aud or
vital things Their th"N2htS will
mold their unin!ouS H'd lh"'r 0on-
ions will m"Id their characters