Judge — August 22, 1931 — page 18: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE O GEORGE J vst what kind of person goes to mental, emotional, critical and philo- sophical attributes necessary to achieve that eminence, I recently bought cop- ies of several of the leading movie magazines and gave myself to a study of the recorded self-revelations of the film enthusiasts, I herewith add to the sum of human knowledge by. setting down my findings: 1. J. Lee Huey, Berkeley, Cal Motion Picture Magazine: “1 present candidates for the Hall of There are others before them some of them are very great names in- deed. Aristoph: . Shakespeare Gilbert and Sullivan are not to be treated lightly. And yet I contend that I have names to s —that Mi Mouse 9 Symphonies are of the stuff of which classics are made. ‘They are the prod- ucts of genius. 2, A. M. Miller, MeIlhenny Redlands, Cal., in Sereenland: said that when Geor; ind was in low spirits she took to reading Dumas. I confess that a certain kind of pic- ture does for me what Dumas did for the French authoress. It is... best typified at this time by ‘Born Reck- My taste in books runs to the 1... Doug Fairbanks id the field at this sort of Now it's Edmund Lowe.” Marie Weid, Fulton Rancho, Azusa, Cal., ditto: “My early youth spent in one of the remote coun- tries of the world, away from any ade- quate opportunity for social education and where grim realities governed every attempt at educational advance- ment. My parents lived in constant worry of my future. When I came to America, one of the institutions which first attracted my child mind was the motion picture theatre. I saw all types and varieties of pictures and gradually my mind expanded and em- braced a broader outlook on life. I witnessed the success and failure of Fame. ~ and Road, “It is man, and the portrayed causes of these miserable failures left a keen impression on my mind, It excited me to further study, a desire to ma good in the world. Today, I ama cessful business woman, daily gz in efficiency and knowledge. 1 owe a measure of my success to my under- standing of life gained throu the medium of motion picture: $. Ann Henrys, Los Angele in Picture Play: “As for Ramon No- varro, he is the most charming person on the sereen—or off, for that matter. I have seen him several times. He served as an usher at a Christmas benefit at the Carthay Circle Theatre here and he made a charming one. Thelma Holland, Ann Arbor, Mich., in Photoplay: “Garbo carries us away from our modern, humdrum existence to a dream world. “There is no one beside thee, And no one above thee, ‘Thou standest alone As the nightingale sings.’ ” 6. Marg Edge- wood Avenu Il. in Pic- ture Play: “There never lived, nor ever will live again, Barry Norton in apy nothing of his character. He pable of doing everything.” 7. Leo Goggin, 826 West 32nd Street, Oklahoma Ci in Screenland ° Doug Fairbanks has accomplished more good in the world than any sc entist, inventor or statesman that the reader can name.” . H. L. Reinbold, 6257 Lanker- shim Blvd., North Hollywood, Cal., Screenland: “Wallace Reid, Earle Williams, countless others. How won- derful are motion pictures. To think that... for generations people will be able to hear these persons talk!” 9) pt Ann McGuire, 301 Joost San Francisco, Cal., ditto: “Pictures have come nearer to accomplishing what the preachers have been trying to do for generations than anything has done. That accom- ret Fishberg is ca- 14 AIRE NATHAN plishment is the brotherhood of man kind, universal sym : to the admonition, ‘Judge not.’ not accept these blessings passively but give thanks for a great delivere 10. J. C. Dugan, Elm Motion Picture Classic: philosophical contents of such pictures as ‘Borrowed Wives,’ ‘Three Passions’ and ‘Hell's Angels’ that teaches us how to regulate our life and careers. Their teachings are of more value than anything you can derive out of books, art galleries or college 11, Barbara Barry, in Picture Play: “There's not much left of me, I'm bruised as I can be— I got this way, you sce, Collecting souvenirs. The stub o One fender off a car— Twas from my favorite star yanked these souvenirs. My face is mashed and flat, But what's a thing like that? Here’s Buddy Roge rs’ shat Among my souvenirs ! Colo., in Photo- “I might hate been somebody if I had followed the straight path. And, now, thanks to some of the fine talking pictures that I have seen in the past two years I feel that 1 have a new lease on life and that this time I am going to make a success of my life instead of a mess. I have done time, and I'm only twenty-one, but during those long months in confine- ment when some were plotting to pull big ‘jobs’ when they got out, it was the pictures we were allowed to see that kept my mind away from thoughts of revenge and of tempting offers made by fellow prisoners. Those who say that motion pictures are not up-| lifting don’t know as Ido. They have been a means of giving me new hope and courage and have sect my fect in the straight path.” 13. Genevieve Hartman, Oklahoma City, Okla., ditto: “Some people do not approve of motion pictures. They (Continued on page 31) comicbooks.com