New Britain herald., 1918-03-01
OPPORTUNITY FOR
 SCENARIO WRITERS
William Fox to Give New Authors
 Fullest Chance

1 William Fox. 'There will be a spirit i of persistent betterment,--a. striving for the attainment of higher ideals.
 "Greater stories than ever before ! will be told on the screen, the themes
 will be closer to the heart of the Am erican public and the action of the i photoplays will be more human. Pro- ductions, while not more lavish, will i depict actual occurrences in a moro
 convincing way than ever before.
 America will learn from the mo- : ton picture camera the progressive story of the world war 1 believe, : too, that our national cause will be 1 greatly assisted by the motion picture, dut to the fact that the American branch of the industry is united be- hind President Wilson.
 During tho year, I propose to take i the motion picture patrons through | the library of classical literature, as well as the popular writings, includ- l ing farce and melodrama. Produc- 1 CTS should not dccry the lack of ma l terial when there remains the work l of Victor Hugo, Dumas, Dickens, 1 Scott, Thackery, Balzac, De Maupas- sant, Daudet, Bulwer Lytton and all the renowned American writers to draw upon.
 Chance for Young PlayWrightS
 II hope to develop playwrights by giving the young American brain of both men and women the opportunity to write original stories for my scen- arios. 'The photop1aywright will be paid double the previous prices for orig inal scenarios during 1918. During the next twelve months the writer for the screen will receive a we'll earned recognition. The crea- tion of his brain will be exploited l under his name, instead of giving all the credit to a star actor or actress in the picture. The only way to de- velop big brains and imagination is to give them public recognition in ad- dition to liberal payment "Cheerfulness is contagious and a large percentage of the plays during the next year will beNlight comedies, farces, etc, as a relief from the daily news from the War-to1n countries.
 "The great film play of the future will not necessarily be the spectacu- 1 lar. It will be a straightforward l story, naturally acted, staged with newly-invented lighting effects and di- rected without exaggeration. That character of story will appeal to every 1 clean human mind.
 Death of Censorship 1 Censorship by a single-headed 1 controller of thought and intellectual l ity will die in the coming year. 1 NO person on earth is qualified to l pass first and final judgment on any 1 subject whether it be in law courts or in the legislation of the govern | ment And, much less should motion i rsictllre censorship be entrusted to 1 one man for first and final decision. l whether that man be intellectual and 1 broad minded or whether that man 1 be stupid, arrogant and narrow mind ] cd.
 | Russia rebelled against censorship 1 and the Car. So, too, will the Am ] erican people rebel against the Censor Czar whether it be of the press or the motion picture.
 .T feel that my 1917 pictures, "A 1 Daughter of the Gods" ''Thc Honor Svstem.'' "A Tale of Two Cities" and ''Romeo and Juliet have evidenced 1 the advance in the motion picture art. "Children's pictures such as Jack and the Beanstalk," Aladdin and the l Wonderful Iamp' Treasure Island," have been exceedingly well received 1 by school teachers, women's clubs, ! the press and others interested in the better class of pictures.
 'Theda Bara in Cleopatra is to be 1 seen throughout the United States 1 during 1918.
 .''Oueen of the Sea- with Annette 1 Kellermonn, will inaugurate genuine
 underwater photography, which, l l know will be acceptable to the Am 1 crican public.
 1 ''T also have ready for presentation Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves the
 most charming picture of it's type l have ever seen.
 We have a children's fairT tale
 made in Japan which I am sure will
 point the way to advanced picturiza-
 tion of foreign atmosphere.
 During 1918 I shall send produc- 1 ing companies to Brazil and Argen- 1 tine. This will serve to show the i glorious scenery and the development
 of the an-American countries
 Arrangements have been made by
 which 1 shall film g extraordinary
 productions known as Standard Pic
 tures; 52 feature plays, running on
 the screen from one hour to seventy
 five minutes, and 26 comedies. In
 addition to these we shall stage a f@"
 films which will show the occasion for
 the entry o1 Ameflca H'to the "oii"
 war.
 'Under my management during the
 year 1918 will be Theda Bara, Will
 liam Farnuu:, Annette kellermann,
 George Walsh, Jewel Carmen, Nlr- i Ginia Pearson, Tom Mix, June Ca
 price, Sonia Marl1ova, Jane and kath-
 erine Lee, Francis Carpenter ana
 Virginia Corbin. Gertrude Messlnger
 and George Stone, Gladys BrockWcH
 and others
 Fox distribution offices enclrc!c