Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-11-16
'HljHER0SQUE' UPsETS
ALL OLD IDEAS As To
PLOTS IN PHOTOPLAYS

- AthfsFf" Nh'N'HNHNfHTH
Why IL "Humnrsque' the most dc
rursed phoioplay ~ this year. 90 prob
3nbly last year ana the year before
with not over one exception This
puestion II being asked many times ~
nany people every day. ana ~ course
to ascribc the success ~ this rln,mI
10 any one element iu ~ u o. obviously
fall shy q even a relatively correct
scason.
In my nine years IN tho theatrical
usincss. I have never presented to iuD
Dopulace any play skctch. spectacle Ga,
|Ilm that has aroused us much fNurI.
Ne comment as has the pho'opily ITO
norcsgue and I might ada with bl
rankners that iis presentation 40 iho
Mission Theater viii probably net th.
greatest financial profit of amy motion
picturc I have ever exhibited Sow
What Is the REASON fur this
Although not associated with "a, pro.
|luclng end uf the motion picture indus
try. l am quite convinced that "Hu'
hrft~pue" II making other current pho.
toplays appear flat ana stale hy com.
harrison Tor r,a7ous that 10 a.sms Oh
have eluded the producers and directors
In gcneral-at beast On The past.
Most directors strive Cor realism rat1.
~ than reality. seeking Tor tff,fss mth.
r than revealing causes \ great fuss
Ind ftirure n created about evolving
Intricate. complex and unique plots. ana
great deal too much importance NJ.
nched 10 physical appearance az actors
md actresses. the arch of an eyebrow
br the TIT Il a chin seeming 90 take
precedence over depth ~ feeling. men.
|al acope and spiritual vision. DO not
rondemn these fallinrs. but speak %
hem 20 ward OF the r0ssihle allhis NJ
nnny directors as to the WINS and the
Eherefofts which prevented them from
turning cut cinema plays uvcrshaduw.
ing "Humorcslue These directors arc
no more responsible Tor their lack uf
nhility and vision than ribbon clerk is
Irresponsible for not being president ~
Ehe United States They have NO,
Evolved enough spiritually. or are cir.
.umscribed by fears Ger the BOX office.
Once In a year George iuane Tucker
produces n Miracle Man" or Frank
Borhafe produces n "flumOrssqus." or
D Cecil h DeMille conccivcs "Soma.
fhing 10 Think About and what IS
brovenG Simply that thes. men had
Path In the public ana did not undorcs
Inmate the pubiic's aEer gate iutelll
)sence. ! feel that In the past the 81.
fectors and producers ~ motion pie.
lures were far below the average in.
|eilectually. that many ~ them had no'
that idealism within them 90 enable
hem 20 sympathcucally handle IA dii
Frank Borzage, - lofty story AZ
|Humoresauc
''Humoresque" aiso disprovcs m,
|'movie sophisiry" about action being
|ssfntial 20 the success ~ a photoplny
The action IL surely slow In "Humor
|sQue." there are no tense exciting mo.
|nents and yet 90 date "Humoresuuy
d undoubtedly the greatest box officc
tttraction ever presented In Amarillo
The theme viii BE- the thing In IN,
Future unless ! am greatly mistaken ar
he public rctrograao intellectually
Fheme and characterization will be- tha
Dominant notes sounded IN the next few
bears % come. and the great photo
plays viii be those dealing with hic
5itai problems. most likely sociological
~ spiritual problems.
As the Cosmopolitan Magazine seems
10 he the literary channel fur the M.
most expression q progressive thought
~ the general public. look forward 90
The Cosmopolitan predictions ~ the n.
lure with eaEerness and a strange PR.
|nnnition that they will b. most worth |
Hhile. However, n the Forthcoming .
films are onefourth nsi
|neritrious individually as "Humor
tsque" I viii congratulate my iuag. |
|nent IN arranging Tor their bookings T,
N the Mission Theater.