Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-06
PRAISES CITY'S
WAY OF PICTURE
FILM HANDLING
Miss Connolly, Expert on Edu'
catiOnal Movies, Says
Method Here Sane.
INDORSERS HEAR TALKS

indianapolis people are foremost in
the sanity of their treatment of the mo-
ton picture" declared Miss Louisa NJ
Connolly, education expert of Newark, n.
J.. in her talk on Endorsement Versus
Censorship" at the luncheon given to-
day in the Riley room of the Claypool
Hotel as the closing session of the con-
vention Of the Indiana IndOrsers of
Photoplay.
1.-THE indorsers here handle the picture
in a quiet satisfactory manner. There
: is no better criticism Of a photoplay than
that Of the audience itself, an American
audience, 1 might say. No small group
of educators can tell the people what
y they like and what they don't like. The
. American movie goer" likes the best
! films whether a professor in college
: or a cash girl in a department store The
& natural impulse of Americans is TO get
T the best IN every line. Just as the fac
I tory girl wears silk hose because her
EMPLOYERS daughter wears them, she
also wishes to see good clean pictures
because the same college-bred daughter
3 lilies them. 1 have such faith in the
American public that l do not think that
cooperate with such indorsers as there
are here in Indianapolis. where the in
dorsers are of the people and go with
the audience to see the films instead of
by private showing.
DOES NOT APPROVE
OF PRIVATE EXHIBITS.
II do not approve Of private exhibits Of
pictures before the film is given TO the
public Of a city. If the film is a bad
film the people wiz express their disap-
prevail Of It or of certain scenes, which.
If cut, would render the picture good.
And from the audience the ceusors can
get the proper viewpoint and notify the
exhibitor as to what should be cut
Miss Connolly told Of her work as
member Of the National BoIrd of Reviews.
She told Of how the producer brings his
film to the board and calls committees
from among the educators and interested
folk of the city TO edit the production
just as a book is edited. Scenes are
sometimes changed or cut out
However" she said, IF the producer
does not wish to make the changes sug-
gested, feels that they are Unnecessary,
he can appeal TO the board and a new
committee may be called. In the case of
a picture being fatty turned down by
committee the producer often calls for
new hearing with a different committee
/. If it is a valuable film that he feels will
be accepted by the public"
{ CONSULTED
FREQUENTLY.
Miss Connolly is consulted by people
all over the country concerning various
films. as to their suitability along educa-
tional lines in many cases, or the kind Of
plays for children, whether certain scenes
should be cut out, and thousands Of other
questions.
The luncheon program was opened by
q few words OF greeting by Mrs. Chic
Jackson, Governor Warren T. McCray
Mayor Charles ". Jewett and E. L. Graft
superintendent Of schools. Mrs. Freida
Steinman, vocalist, sang a group of num-
bers. An interesting feature Of the after
noon was the showing of q historic coat,
the story Of which was told by Mrs.
Theodore Wagner The coat IS the prop
erty of Frank Rembusch Of Shelbyvile
and was worn today by Miss Maxine
Rembusch. r. G. Tucker talked on
Some Picture" which concluded the
program.
+ PICTURES WITH
BOYS IN FRANCE.
At the morning session an interesting
talk on pictures With Our Boys in
France" was given by Frank 7. Day. in
which he stated that one OF the dan
gerOus and most insidious Of German
propaganda was the exhibition Of Ger
man made films in the United States,
mentioning as an example a film shown
recently in the United States, and tell
ing OF two more in the making, in which
the French are caricatured and slyly
rfdiculed. He also declared that motion
pictures are not responsible for the
wave Of crime sweeping over the county.
During the war" he said, there were
many court-martials and many crimes
but none Of the culprits gave the seeing
of a movie as an excuse, as they are
doing in the United States now 1t is
ridiculous that seeing a picture could
move a man to commit a murder or
other crimes. There is motive back Of
IL, not a picture"
Other speakers at the session included
Mrs. S. ". Grimes Of Brazil. r. G. Hessel-
denz of Indianapolis and DR.. Edna Hat
field Edmondson Of Bloomington.