Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-08-05 | Page 27 | American Films in England Need New Titles

American Films in : England Need -v New Titles On f tha worries American (Urn bring with, them to Kngtaad Is th American aubtltk, which aianr doa film nm Insist b eliminated from th British nnlM and as rewritten re-written aesordlng to thalr own wr-aaeular. wr-aaeular. David Blumnfld, prsa r.prewntatlv far Prsferrsd Picture abroad, glv worn Intsrsstlng, com-ments com-ments oa hi practise, "For nm UM ." says Mr. ; Blum.nfeld. "there have been complaints com-plaints that Aaiarisaa films shown In this country oro too Amsrlcan In then-Allies. I hold brief for flag. " rant Amertcanloms. but at tha same lima I would Ilka to slat that In my . opinion this la. If anything, rather a auobblah attitude to take. For aom years th Brltlah public has bsaa get-' get-' tin naad to Americanism la titles flashed oa the crea. iNifev irnrr "Play about America should sur-lr sur-lr carry th eonylnclnj Ulk of their American character talk which. ' whatever w may say. la 'snappy' thar' an Americanism full of punch,' short and convlnolna. To show a Scottish film with ' London-Isms' London-Isms' In Its titles Is just ths same as showlnf a New York picture with the subtitle written for Kn,lleh audiences. au-diences. . "The other day I saw aa American ,rnm In which on, ol th characters was made to say In a rough house scene. "Kr you 'op It!' which Is tantamount t making an EnMh-man EnMh-man In stmllsr circumstances aay. O wan, Tou bis; stiff beat It!' Of oouree. thar 1 very Justlflabl - comeback to all this: that we do not want th British lanruase hsavlly Inoculstsd with AmsrTcani.ms. and to a Jar, ax Lent tnls Is true. , N(W TITLC NKCDIO. "A film of 'Rob Roy,' or aom historical his-torical pa,eat of British history made and produced by Americans, wsrranta vry tim a very thorough Anglicism of th subtitles. Ju eaaea like thla, American title are, nstur-ally. nstur-ally. all wrong snd do more to ruin Ihe film than Improve It. But where ,-ou hav a purely American drama written around typical American peo file Jn vryday American surround-ne. surround-ne. It Is foolish and stupid to An-Illclss An-Illclss th titles. "I think sveryons win a re thst ther ar no finer title wrltsrs la the world than th Americans when it comes to Amerlcsn play and American Amer-ican people. Lt us see purely American Amer-ican fllma. then, with their original titles, clvr to th point, short and Snappy. Of course. In every flsgrant rae thy can be rewritten, but let that b don, please, by a man who ' knows bow to writs both !anffuss;es." .