The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-05
TO MEET
TO DISCUSS NEED
OF THE MOVIES
Famous Writers Summoned
by Authors League to
Come to New York,
row MOTION PICTURE PRO
DUCERS can aid in fostering
- sound taste and artistic stand


sound taste and artistic stand
ards among the people of the world
will be discussed in New York June
and s at an international gathering
of novelists, dramatists. artists and
leaders of thought along a number
of lines.
The conference will be held by the
Authors League OF America acting
in cooperation with Adolph Zukor.
president of the Famous Players
Lasky Corporation. The gathering
will be known as the International
Congress on Motion Picture Arts.
Invitations TO attend this first
gathering of the kind are being IS
sued to leading novelists, artists. dram
atists. editors and educators, and
to tohers prominent in public affairs
not only in this country but also in
Europe, with a view to developing the
artistic standards. which, it is hoped,
will guide picture producers in dis
charging their obligations toward the
cultural development of millions OF
people all over the world who rely on
the screen for their principal recre-
alton"
Rex Beach is chairman OF the gen
eral congress committee for the Au
thors' League, which also includes
Samuel Hopkins Adams, George Barr
Baker, Edwin Btorkman, Ellis Parker
Butler, Irwin s. Cobb, George Creel.
G. B. Falls. Charles Dana Gibson,
John Golden, Clayton Hamilton, Ru-
pert Hughes, Edward Hungerford.
VIII Irwin. Orson Lowell, George Barr
McCutcheon. George Malon. George
Middleton, Harvey OHiggins, Floyd
". Parsons, Tony Sarg, Leroy Scott.
William G. Shepherd and William Al
len White. Several distinguished Eu-
ropean writer's as we'll as delegates
from the British and French authors
societies viii attend.
Eric Schiller, secretary Of the
league. said plans for the details OF
the conference have been in prepare
ton by the committee and Mr.. Zukor's
representatives for a number of weeks.
One Of the features Of the congress
will be the announcement by Mr..
Zukor of a series Of prizes amount
Ing to several thousand dollars which
he will offer ito those elements con-
tributing most TO the motion pictures
artistic development during the year
ZukOr Outlines Plan {
Of Important Conference
In his invitation to the Authors
League, Mr.. Zul1or said. in part:
while the artistic progress Of the
motion picture has been great, the
greatest development so far in the pic
lures short career has necessarily
been in the technical side Of picture
craftsmanship and in the sterilization
Of the industrial side.
To-day we have pretty nearly at
tanned perfection in photography, light
ing, scenery and in other phases Of
picture production which go into the
making Of merely beautiful and effec-
tive photography. The last two years
have seen the business put on a firm
and stable financial basis.
1.-The big field of picture progress,
lies in developing the screen long the
soundest artistic principles. Millions
Of people all over the world not only
get all OF their amusement from mo-
ton pictures. but they also demand
largely on picturesc for their cultural
development.
THE responsibility of picture pro
ducers toward the fostering Of the
sound taste and artistic standards in
those people is an enormous one.
know producers have tried to meet