Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-10-29
PICTURE FASCINATING FORM
/ OF DIVERSION, SAYS GEORGE AIDE
Famous Humorist of Opinion Man or Woman Not In
terested in Film Is Abnorma-Scrccn
Drama Necessity.

street scenes Ia European cities. cav
airy i'm action and Flower dcc!,"d vc-
hiclcs in psr.u,. IN" pictures nick
cred and the phoiu@raphy WINS not
sharp aud distinct. hut tn" marvel
81 moving ric;Gr"s had been accom- .
plIsh"d aud had been brought Ia uS
by a European inventor. Edison came
along with his kin"toSvnpc about tn"
sam. time. but ,h-r" can l." ~" de-
myu@ shat the old W"rll had at least
an even start with the United States
IN tn" business "f manufacturing
cinema films Tor cNhihiti"n purposes
In ISsS was at Lyons. France. ON
newspaper mission. | looked out
of tn" hotel window and saw across
the street hug" building owned
lay N" Lumier" Company and de-
voted I" the manufacture" "f films
am sur" that "" had NO such ciah-
oraie plant in this country. The
huiiding Was not . "stndio." 1t was
him factory. All rhotopraphy was
being don" in IN. open
What am trying /" conway is
that Franc" got away in The load
IN tho manufacture and sal" of mov-
!nE picture r""iS. aud had every
chanc. Ia maintain that lead II
had az command all kinds Of skilled
easy distanc" "f l.vons which was
cinema headquarters. n vast amount
of interesting material 1" be photo
Sr"rh"'i. either as mere pictorial
specimens or tu u" used as 'lora-
tons" IT. til" construction "t picture
plays Th" l.atius "f southern Eu-
r"r" are the greatest rnnt"mimists
I'm the world. Both principals and
extras could have been secured in
great numbers at low salaries Lyons
had within "a two days rid. all tn"
faVorahi, ""uii lions "f sunshine aud
sunm"r climate and r"liaI" and
s"ash"r" ami snow clad mountains
and dessert which have been the as
| sets Of southern California.
Opposition In Germany.
IL = interesting to note tina, al
| though TIA" producers Of Europ" have
/ always had. close at hand. a lot "
! natural ADVANTAGES aud a great va
/ ri"tv of historical and scenic back
grounds which HAY" been coveted by
| tn" american companies. the only
! r"al opposition 4" tho Yan,""-mndo
/ movies has Developed in Germany
sine" the World War. When tn.
! pictures mad" in Germany began /"
attract favorable, attention. tn"
wa'chtul picture maEuatcs' ~ Amer
va 81 'n'''' 'Sli hllSil''U 'UltHS III
R"rlin and began anncNinr tn" val
uahie parts ~ IN" German c"inp"ii-
ton II is reported that IN" most
popular stars and the most success
ful directors OF Germany HAY" h""n
lur"d away from tho deprecated
mark ny TIA" glitter Of the fulI-Sizrd
American dollar.
No matter what YOU think oC mnv-
Ing pictures in general. liner" can
ID" M denying that tn" much abused
American promoter of The new indus
Try has Kept ahead "f his foreign
rivals
why has tn" United states. fur
many. years, hr'u making u"viug
pictures for ia" whole world? BE
cauS" TIA" Aut"richu rr"durvrs were,
tn" iirst "a sense tn" financial p"ss -
hiliti"s OF TIA" pictur" play They
had tn" courage AMI ia" visi"n need
ed to take an Interesting plarthiur
and developed II Into a gigantic
schem" for providing cheap enter
talnm"ni for evcrNhudN everywhere.
w nile he fsurcpcau cities We're can o.