The daily morning oasis., 1920-07-30

lover good and educated the picture lovers to
appreciation of it. In the four principal picture theatres
Broadway New York. than $4,000 persons have been
entertained day by music and pictures and by amos
pherc proogues which take the form of spectacular scenes
on the stage in front of the screen
The onward march of the conquering kinema in the
United shows signs of fnaty. 1t has swept the
country and since prohibition into force has greatly
added it's strength The closing of the saloons has, is
asserted added so per cent to the attendance at the picture
theatre and there those believe is
strong that could successfully resiAt attempt
throw PROHIBITION Pro ducprs r fcrcely
petng for places in which to show their products
operative organization controlling thousand theatre has
reached the position where and Does control the pro-
duction of of the best pictures Producing organza
lions buying of the best theatres in the United
States for the sole purpose of showing their productions
and for creating in well defined territories These
theatres termed ey theatres and situated in key
cities The producers believe that the key cities and theatres
will unlock the doors to their pictures in all the territory
surrounding them Some producers offering pledges not
to buy theatres Others infatuated with Broadway
and have such exaggerated idea of its Importance to all
America that they have converted Broadway stage
into pictures in the belief that everything that sue
ceed on Broadway succeed in every part of the world
They yet to learn that nations have Individual
terences likes and dskes In the four principal picture
theatres that horoughfare the verdict of the patrons
new pictures accepted by exhibitors outside I'M
aerabe verdict until they learned recently that all these
picture theatres owned by various producing companies
But the question of the moment in America whether
the silent drama will kill the spoken drama. The great fin
ancal of the moving picture industry of America
during three four has placed at the disposal
of the leaders the industry vast of money which are
being used to buy legitimate theatres and stages plays
and to acquire big interests the booking syndcate The
supporters spoken drama look upon these as
to the stage; they afraid that the American
DRAMA which just beginning c get its feet is
to extinction The object Of the motion picture Or
ganization which, it will control at least 10 New
York legitimate theatres is to and is possible en-
sure production of stage plays which be converted
into film plays with the certainty that the stage will
lie powerful publicity agent to national success
with the picture
In 10 short years the motion picture industry from be-
ing quite negligible in Arizona in America has risen
TO position by the appreciation of the public and
the confidence of the fnanciersom which it dominate
the American drama 1t has already secured and tightly
bound itself most of the potential pfaywrghts and
uar n9vess 1t is drawing into its ranks the younger
generation of actors. What more is to be done?
It is longer the humble follower of the drama and
of the novel the master Of BOTH 1t is amazing
ston which is only in the first stage of development The
drama in America will survive only through the quality of
the written and spoken word and because it will do it
may, and probably will, raise the American drama to
height to which its most ardent supporters hopes to
it attain.
You call people hard without insulting
them, though may give deadly offerse The truth is
never insult.
An inquirer in city paper wants to if it is legal
for young of thirty to adopt young of twenty
five 1t iS-with wedding ring
word to the is sufficient To the fool it is
too many.
always dictate to his typewriter, but seldom
to his wife.
girl may not enthuse much the man, but it's
trouble at all into rapture the engagement ring
Don't waste time in plying yourself You employ
it to better advantage in removing the
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