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Show Baffle Creek Breeze i by K.B. "A magnetic fascination, drawing draw-ing a man to murder." "Stolen Love." "Murder by Mutiny." ''The Lawless Exploits of the Lavender Hill Mob." "Sons of Satan, Who Defied the World." "The Gunman Rough, Tough Man of the West." "Captive Love Prize." Does the above cause your flesh to creep ? Does it make you wonder won-der just what kind of a world you are living in? No folks, these captions were I & ' r not gleaned from the files of the F.B.I. ; but . are the "come on" lines from the motion mo-tion picture ads appearing in one issue of a Utah daily paper. pa-per. To most adults, ad-ults, expressions express-ions of this kind are dis- gusung, if not downright revolting. revolt-ing. Has the appetite for entertainment enter-tainment of the average American become so jaded from over indulgence, indul-gence, that it takes sadistic en- ticements of this kind to lure us to the flicker palaces? Most of us bemoan the fact the teen-agers often go berserk, and do things that are so out of harmony har-mony with the ideals of modern educational and religious teachings. teach-ings. A moments reflection, however, how-ever, will convince any reasonable person that it is a miracle that the kids are as morally stable as they are. This is no case against the motion mo-tion picture theatre. Many features feat-ures now showing are commendable commend-able both from the informational and entertainment viewpoint. It is a plea for the elimination of the Increasing number of films glamorizing glam-orizing crime, violence, and immorality. im-morality. The old Chinese proverb, "One picture is worth a thousand words," has strong implications in this regard. What children actually actual-ly see with their eyes, makes a far more lasting impression than what they hear. While we have not as yet mustered mus-tered the courage to limit the type of films that may be shown; we can at least select the ones that our children should see. There are commendable pictures being produced pro-duced every month. Ours is the responsibility to determine which ones are to be seen. So long 'til Friday. |
