Pueblo chieftain., 1921-05-29
By Frederic ]. Haskin.

Washington. D. c., May 26.--Whether
the movies arc improving from an ar.
tistic viewpoint is matter bitterly
debated, but that they are improving
in the mechanical way, and that still
greater improvement in that line lies
in their immediate future. seems to be
indisputable.
II the screen drama ever gets away
from its missing-twin plots, its slop-
py ending, its custard pie throwers
If 1t ever emerges from it's infancy of
tears and horseplay and melodrama-it
will have fine mechanical founda-
tion for its artistic superstructure.
This fact is impressed upon you
when you talk to some of the engi
neers who have studied the motion
picture from the mechanical point of
view. They see a great future for the
movies both as means of amusement
and of education.
Chief among these is Harry D. Hub
bard. assistant director of the bureau
of Standards, who reveals few OF the
achievements not only possible but
probable. He foresees plano instruc-
tion by the aid OF moving pictures OF
, masters hands accurately rompinG
the keyboard: dancing taught by
movies thrown from under a glass
moor. that the pupil may literally fol-
low each step of an expert-a multi
tude Of novel usages to which the films
have not yet been put
It is fascinating to follow Hubbard
as he talks of an individual pro-
jector by which one may observe any
film at his desk or library table, =
protector using thinner film and small
er pictures, so that one may use it as
into his pocket and carrying 1t
much as we carry the camera Of
the present day.
Automatic Theaters
Coming picture theater management
ic, this scientist believes. The form Of
the theater must receive radical
treatment Today's crowding resem-
bles the days of unregulated street
traffic. Establishment of onc-way
aisles and the application of every de
vice of traffic management to insure
easy entrance and exit will undoubted-
ly follow. Seats will be designed by
correct posture experts for perfect
comfort and health, with two inde-
pendent arms for each person. The
seats. OF course, will fold automatical-
ly as soon as vacated TO allow easy
exit. Coin-operated vending machines
VIII dispense disks which in turn will
operate easy-workins turnstiies ac-
cording to seat location, eliminating
both the box office and the ticket TAX
ers. y tiny lamp would light showing
for each row what seats were avail
able. the color indicating the number
vacant. thus largely replacing the
| usher
The theeter size will range from the
| little theaters" to the huge theaters
for master productions. The little the
aters with lower maEnincations will be
better for highly specialized films re-
quiring perfect definition. Little the
atcrs will also be suitable for innova-
| tons which must meet the challenge
OF popular taste before being assim-
Hated into appreciated art At tho
other extreme vast circular theaterr
may be erected. having concentric cir
cles of seats facing the center where
each sector will be provided With its
own screen and protector, an operat-
inE with one film. Many times the pres
ent crowds could be served and ali the
advantages of large scale production
would obtain.
Motion picture engineers hone soon
| TO control at the optinun, value every
item such as cooling or heating driv-
Ing tho healthful touch OF ozone, en-
suring air purity by fltering or BY
laoyTinths. of mercury arc. to give
the ultraviolet radiation necessary,
| antomizing the essences of perfumes
such as the odor of the pinewoods. tho
| tang Of the sea the fragrance OF the
| flowers. or the spicy odors OF Araby.
All of these elements arc today sep
arately realized in actual service and