Roosevelt Standard | 1921-08-31 | Page 1 | Noise at the Silent Drama

NOISE AT THE SILENT DRAMA DRAIA should one applaud at the silent drama or keep it silent well isay say so whichever you please for us it Is fun to hear the little boys hiss the shadow villain what does ithe film operator in his snug I 1 lum up there be behind hinl think of that i no doubt he grins grin faintly more and more faintly as the hissing practice becomes an old story to him applause at a movie show Is the result of 0 an inability to hold in it there is of course no actor present 0 whose ears can be titillated by the music of appreciative clamor which Is the object ot of all applause objectless applause is like talking to onevis oneself it if you enjoy it go ahead this is a tree free country one can gratify ones impulses under certain limitations many of 0 us like to take part in 2 s show ourselves and applause Is the only means by which we can do it next to throwing the custard pies with our own hands we can call employ proxy hands by clapping ours