The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-10
BRISBANE CHANGES
FRONT ON MOVIES
Editor at Dinner for Marcus
Ioew Has Only Praise for
Motion Pictures.
GOING TO SEE CHAPLIN

+, was in the Hotel Astor at q dinner
o. the Motion Picture Board Of Trade
four weeks ago last night that Arthur
Brisbane made a speech which the movie
men now know as "Spilling the Beans"
consequently when Mr.. Brisbane arose
At tine same hotel last night. this lime
T., address a ~walloping big dinner party
,iai filled the floor. boxes and balconies
o. the Astor's ballroom in honor Of Q
ktug vf movie men. Marcus Loew, there
vas , 10, OF expectancy.
Recently" said Mr.. Brisbane after
paying a tribute to Mr.. Loew. II a.
oissed the motion picture and
THAT was as far "a Mr.. Brisbane got
fcr a time. There were those present
who remembered that recently the edi-
tor had scattered the beans far and
wide by arising and telling a dining hall
chock full of the prominent movie men
Of the country that. among other things,
the success Of the motion picture Is due
to the stupidity and lack Of human In
teliigence OF the human race"
Therefore the laughter was long and
raicous when Nj. Brisbane mentioned
motion picture" At the dinner for Mr..
1csw
And" Mr.. Brisbane continued at last
nights Broadway function. 81 found my.
self famous or infamous, I don't know
which. ! confess that I had never seen
Mr.. Chaplin or Miss Pickford or Miss
1heda Rara, and apparently thus de-
monstrated my unftness t mingle with
intelligent human beings.
Doing 70 See Then All.
&c atone for that. u the matter can
~ mended. I wish to say that / am
going to see all three Of them. alive and
photographed. AZ soon "a possible. I
am going to see Charley Chaplin wriggle
his Feet: Miss Pickford cry. and Miss
Kara look fierce. ! believe that Is what
each Of them is supposed to do"
At a dinner four weeks ago Mr.. Bris-
bane had been introduced simply as "a
master OF short expression-the greatest
editor In the world" Last night, how
ever. the POSTMASTER. c. T.. Zittel OF
the Erening journal, let himself go q
bit and introduced Mr.. Brisbane as mot
only the greatest editor in the world
bu; the greatest brain in the world
Therefore for this reason-or II may
have been for some other-the speaker
was so much more kindly disposed
toward the movies last night tina, early
IN his speech he even allowed that he
proposed TO discuss the newest and
most powerful means OF getting through
the human skull and into the human in.
tc!lisence-it is the moving picture OF
curse"
Furthermore. Mr.. Brisbane was SO
ANXIOUS 10 see that he made amends
not onl! to the diners present but Ia
';hc throngs not present in this hali'
that. as he put it. "for the first time In
ny life ! have taken the trouble to pre-.
pare and dictate in advance to the
"rI!ging stenugrapher of this hotel a
- speech. which he then proceeded 10
r,t9.
Tribute 20 Mr.. loe ".
Hcfote taking up his manuscript. how.
ever. Mr., brisbane elaborated his trib-
Ne 10 Mr.. I.oew by saying that the
honor guest of the evening was doing
t"r Inification of the family Through
notion picture shows) what had been
begun centuries ago in quite another
fashion.
The northern races" explained Mr..
Brisbane, were the first OF necessity to
lead a family life. The reason for this
i rot complimentary to the father--he
wss showed In. And men like MIR.
i"ew with the motion picture are unit.
= the family each night. the amuse-
.'"" they offer 10 the whole family do
- 10 Ibis mild climate of ours what
tn, ,uow did in the NORTH"
Mr.. Brisbane Their continued with 4
comparison of the movie show and the
cheap newspaper. The movie. he said,
mad done for the stage what the news
paper had done for literature.
First and foremost" aid Mr.. Bris.
oau". In Il speech that was received, oh.
ever so much more happily than his ad-
dress of four weeks earlier, the NOV.
''g picture will give immortality to the
genius and grace of the great actors
= tho talking machine gives immor.
'aiiiy 10 the singer and musician. Gen.
'ratlons to come will actually see Bern
atrd' and Bserbohm Tree and Pavlova
see George NJ. Conan, sitting rear mt
nero, do his 10000 dance, and perhaps
80 Abe E~rlauger Ialso close byl box
"th Willard. That's true. even though
90 see an actor out there or the floor
making his head. which probably means
no. unless you see ME in person while
am ii'!nr YOU will not realize my
worth IN after years by means of the
HoViug picture"
Mr. Brisbane told how ne had said
cars ago that the movie men could
rare their industry 'the greatest pos
eoIe educational force In fact, he had
us many compliments for the movies as
" had words of d~isparagment foul
'"Hs earlier. but he still insisted q,
mo LoeN dinner hat the movie in
ne Held OF educational work, in politi-
AZ campaigns and In other worth while
NoIk waS not being used to the advan
az" winch II can and will be.
~" dinner was a celebration by
h'oal'ay and environs of the tenth an.
N'rsar! of Mr., Loew's entrance into
Y 'n"atrlcal game. Business has
p.fNel NJ steadily around the Loew
'h'eS reference 10 the menu last NIGH
.''esNls the fact that at the end oil
nh wars the honor guest now owns
'"eh''-Seveu theatres In New York
n.y. '~ln"t"on out In the tall timber and
',t''I" boss Of ten others.
'N'r'VS i.pew,' said Orator George
~ '"'t" rs, in fact. the Henry Ford
'.' stage, You buy "A car from
'H' In1i and if it isn't satisfactory he
.,'u.H' II" purchase money go TO one
". Aa''uss shows and II you come GU
an' complain that it was rotten he'll