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Show Why I Am Enthusiastic About Motion Pictures By SOMERSET MAUGHAM tt AN ubaw'uie amateur of tho cIdo-nw, cIdo-nw, one who previous to comlnir to Hollywood had nover aeon the mak-Int mak-Int of a photoplay, I have boon Ocd to prraent my Initial Imprrsaione ' this great new induatrr. j I waa not in Hollywood two daya here he-re I was pift-nally Impressed with tho , anner In which the technical side of totoplay production has run ahead of a atortee Interpreted. I saw beautiful ttinra. absolutely perfect llahtins. cam a work uncanny In lis excellence, spleo-d spleo-d direct ion and fauttleaa actlnv all urted In many raaea on stories lacking; truth, dramatic auspense and human tereat. 8om of the wrltora far the roen seem to have dropped Into more lea of a rut. A areot success has en made; a story has scored a tremtn-111 tremtn-111 hit and Immediately eeorwe of p4ays e produced founded on tho same funda-rntaJ funda-rntaJ Bda. And the If mi tattoos, tit ot caees. fall far short of the numan peal which created tho orisioai auc- Thts. however, ts meajit In no way as crlik-ira of U10 film producera. For ry, first of all, have realised thts fault A arv work ins; to correct It. j-arttcu ly Hoes this sm true in the raao of a Fantoua la tare-jLaaay oorporatlea. wttb whom I have Juwt become aaaor',Mted. To fmd In their plant tny- old friends. Kdward K no block, Kir Gilbert irkrr arui Minor rilyn, rmpha9lad the Impreasion that new wrltir.s; bforl la beiiia; infused rapidly Into tho Industry. With really worthwhile stories, a culmination cul-mination to be expted now that the cinema has secured the nervf'-es of some of the world a most adept literary craftsmen crafts-men the point of cema perfection seems close st hand. Already the tech-! nlcal ond is at a ftp'endtdly hiah point. With stories that correctly snd truly Interpret In-terpret life there is absolutely no roa-son roa-son why the future will not brlna photoplays photo-plays that wilt attract every element of I tho population eoually, that will ptome I even the moiit critical wiuiout oitras:ii I the Intrllisjeooo through; manifest . ab-I ab-I surdities. I As1 for the Industry ss a whole, iris tremendous beyond even my fondent dreams. The intense concent ration on , artistic IdeaUs Is arraaiiisr and fills one with enthtieiasm. The tremendojs endeavor en-deavor towards perfection bring- made by thouKhtful profKicers Insures ultimate perfection. Rrrors have born made in the pant but ra'y aincere effort la belna; made toward their prevention In the future. fu-ture. The nosebillltiea of the cinema have comntetely intricued me durina my etay In Hollywood and I am lookina forward to leamine; a rreat deaJ In thia new and, to me. uochaxtod oea 0 drmmalia aa-praasaoo. |