Show Hard to o Tell TeH e Things Public Likes in Film Main currents In theatrical affairs Otis Skinner echoed the Philadelphia Interviewers Interviewer's question Why they're the lra o tho the old od farmer In the archaic story saw when ho he went t to his first circus There aint no rich sich anim ani- ani mile m I I c That l Is II i the veteran players player's sweepIng sweeping sweep sweep- ing answer to the flood of theoretical literature about the stage which In recent months has fairly swamped the serious minded student of or tho the drama and swept 0 off his feet the poor tired business man who seeks seek his recreation Inthe In theatre It la is a a. l comforting and consoling answer too for Cor none nono can question the tho authority mf o t Mr Skinners Skinner's views on stage stase topics It Is Impo Impossible to conjecture pre cisel what will please the public continued ed edIr Mr Ir Skinner At times its Hs fancy is s caught and held b by somo some qualIty quality Ity that nia may flay entirely elude tho the producers producer's cr's ers perception Then there ate afo other times when hen the best play par In tho the world ma may prove pro A L flat failure because It rubs rub personal prejudices the wrong wrens wa way 1 Then there Is the technique of pre- pre sc We e regard with amusement toda today man many tricks of or staging and acting actIng act act- In Ing which were accepted as a Q matter of course b by older generations Soliloquies and asides and musical acc accompaniments accompaniments m- m are arc now rigid rigidly taboo That ThatIs Is the prevailing pre theory at least In Iq actual practice its it's a bit different When hen local conditions permit I am today playing Ing the role of Colonel Bri- Bri dau dan In The Honor of or t the tle e Family with orchestral music to create the proper atmosphere and tho the supposed anachronism ana ana- has been accepted b by pr pres- pres s- s ent day audiences IN without question J If these these things thinS's are arc handled properly I 1 believe belle their effect on an audience Is largely larsel subconscious |