The New York herald., 1922-10-22
NOTION PICTURES AND STUDIO TALK
The New Movies
ROBERT E. SHERWOOD.

a hey go to the flirn palaces TO see pic
lres move about on the screen. They
nay have particular favorites among
lhc stars and directors; they may pre-
4 er one type of photodrama 10 another.
Bur these considerations do not weigh
cry heavily. They are fond OF the
I movies. right or wrong. and any movie
: al will satisfy their requirements
or the evening as long as IL is printed
n ceiiuloid and can be- run through a
tandard projection machine.
In the second group are the oc-
asional visitors. They can either take
ne movies or leave them alone They
exercise somewhat more discrimination
a selecting their film fodder than do
slile rsbid fans. who will swallow any
'&hing- They also pay more attention
Ir1 names, because they remember those
Ntars and directors who have pleased
hem in the past and those who have
n layed them false. The members of
Wis group know what they like and
lthoose accordingly.
lf The third group includes those who
Practically never so TO the movies at
II, and brag about IL. They admit
N9at the cinema IS in its infancy and
Lee no prospects of its ever growing
n. Once q month, perhaps, they are
Sred within the portals of a picture
alace, and on these occasions they
ways happen to strike q picture of
he general caiiber OF Where Is MY
Wandering Boy To-night?" Logically
snough, they accept this as a typical
movie. They believe that Francis X.
S'lshman is still popular idol of the
Green.
n Some where in the center OF these
1hree groups may be found an anony-
ylous individual-the Ideal Movie Fan
N He does not believe that the movies
~ such are all good, nor does he be-
s.eve that the movies as such are all
lad He knows that some fine things
lave been done on the screen. He also
y nows that some unspeakable atroci-
lies have been committed on that same
road field.
When he spends his money for an
trchestra seat he hopes fors the best
ometimes he is disappointed and
sometimes not. But those pictures
Tl1fch come within the line of his
ision are given fair test. They are
ldged on their own merits. If no
lerits are perceptible to the undraped
We The Ideal Fan sighs and searches
asewhere for entertainment.
1t is TO this mythical fellow, The
sleal Fan, that all movie criticism
1st make It's direct appeal. Assum-
I lg that he exists in substantial form,
q is the person who will read the
/ -evicws and derive information. IL any,
=. ON them. lie viii realize when the
4 ritic has summarized the situation
|. orrectly. He will know when the
Z titic has allowed personal prejudice
, numb his observative faculties.
h Z Let us rise, then. and offer a silent
|, ,ast 10 The Ideal Fan. May his tribe
/ icrease He is the motion pictures
I est pal and. we may add, it's severest
ritic.
THE Sin Flood which was sched-
led for presentation at the Capitol
lis week. has been taken off at the
st moment--while Rex Ingram's "The
risoner Of zenda" occupies that house
" an additional seven days.
This may mean mere postpone
ient Of The Sin Flood" or It may
.iean definite cancellation. At any
Y ate. this picture has waited many
Ionths for Broadway showing. Just
hxr ch
10 Goldwyn files Is question which
re, for example, are unable to answer.
here have been rumors that the pro-
ucers we're afraid of it. or rather.
fraid of its reception by the public.
This would serve to explain a GER
ain amount OF hesitancy on their
1rt.
1.-THE Sin Flood" by the way, Is an
Aaptation Of Henning Berger's play
Byndafioden," which Arthur Hopkins
as presented here twice as The
'eluge."v 1t scored an artistic sue
sss-and financial failure--on both
-casions
Perhaps that is what put the
lought into the Goldwyn company's
lind
In which connection it is appropriate
, ask:
What has happened to Nazimova's
Salome"?
n This. picture was shown in July to
fnvifAd audience by the National
oord of %seview, and was generally
cclaimed By those who saw it. Since
len it has subided into blank OBJ
curity. Members of the film gentry
re- eioquently silent concerning its
resent whereabouts, or it's ultimate
estimation In fact, they are apt to
.uck whenever IL Is mentioned.
What. we repeat, has happened to
III?
Have the censors clamped down the
d?
win none of the Broadway theatere
axe a chance with il?
Is it too flagrantly artistic to be
rofitablc?
Answers to these queries will be
sceived at THE NEW York HERALD
fice whenever the mail trucks caro-
, deliver them.
Reports from Chicago indicate that
he new Fairbanks production. Robin
Hood" has come up to the most .op-
imistic expectations.
Although the attention OF the first
light audience Ut was one of those
world premieres') at Cohan's Grand