Show MANY MAMY FUNNY THINGS CREEP INTO FILMS S The liThe maj majority rity of films are free from inconsistencies and absurdities absurdities ties says a recent writer on the tile subject but hut there are some di directors directors directors di- di rectors who still permit faults of one sort or 01 another to creep in In- In faults faulls that might easily be avoided In Inmost Inmost inmost most cases though the exigencies of time may occasionally make them un un- avoidable In most moat instances these errors are merely amusing and In citing citing cit cit- cit cit- ing lug some of them Ulem it must not be as assumed as as- that the films as a whole are ml marred l by ludicrous incidents or Impossible im impossible impossible Im- Im possible situations There is however a tendency on the part of some di dl dl- slur over things that might require considerable manipulation and thought to render entirely consistent In no case is this moro more glaringly exemplified than in the matter of hasty weddings Quite often otten the trifling trifling tri tri- fling matter of ot a marriage marriaga license Is either disregarded entirely or else the tha required document is obtained with a rapidity never duplicated in real life lire The prospective bridegroom always comes prepared with an Ull engagement ring and other Jewelry In fact he is generally a walking Jewelry store and extracts plush boxes from his pockets with tho the dexterity of a a. conjurer He lie apparently takes it for tOI granted that the lad lady will accept him though nothIng nothing nothing noth noth- ing more perhaps than a coy glance or two has passed between them thorn theretofore Mamma and papa are arc al always always always al- al ways waiting evidently having suspected suspected sus sus- tile the result and no sooner has the circlet with its sparkler been placed upon the slender finger of the I blushing maiden than they enter one I after the other to congratulate and weep In a recent film a sheriff West assumes the killing of a man wanted for murder while In New NewYork NewYork NewYork York and anti is congratulated by the police police po po- po- po lice and everyone but the tile dead man manfor manfor manfor for his supposed exploit Men Ien and women from the lower stratas of or society become perfectly mannered and proper gentlemen and ladies ladies' after a few weeks weeks' tuition from I dancing teachers It is Is' Is quite evident that the tile ability to trip the light fantastic fantastic fantastic fan fan- is sufficient guarantee of a persons persons persons person's per sons son's eligibility to to polite to-polite polite circles People sit down to elaborate meals me-als that would woul under ordinary circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances consume an hour or two at Itt least and after atter drinking a a. glass of wine and eating a a. piece of lettuce wipe their lips and rise from the table evidently surfeited So So it is shown that the tile motion picture folk do not re require require re- re quire a a. great amount of food for their sustenance Forgery is easy in in the tile films turns Every criminally inclined man or woman In pictures is an accomplished forger and andIn andin in ill three minutes can successfully imitate imitate imitate imi imi- tate the handwriting of anyone so as asto asto asto to deceive their closest relatives with decoy leU letters ers When heroes appear In a fight tight all the opponents seem suddenly to lose the use of their arms People are sick unto unto death and five minutes later arise and engage In Ill animated conversations But Dut why cavil Consistency Is la a virtue but it can be overdone So we may as well be good natured about the inconsistencies we see in the films |