A Great Motion Picture and Its Lesson

Abstract

The appeal of women and personality (sex appeal): “What is it that goes over into the hearts of thousands who attend picture plays? “What is it that reaches out and get a grip on human hearts at business, political or social gatherings? “What else is it but the genial glow , the thrilling magnetism, of an exuberant and interesting personality?(my emphasis) “No one ever looks twice at a man’s picture. As a mere thing of beauty, he is usually unmanly; as a creature of forceful character, he usually unlovely. We look to woman for what beautifies existence, and, as interest in picture plays is stimulated by what is seen, it become centered on the heroine of the story. To suit the role, she must be lovable. Thoughtful appreciation of what is required by the role and good taste in things feminine count, but, when she delights the eye and stirs the irresponsible pulses of responsible men with a dazzling array of potent womanly attributes, she wins because she represents the ideal creatures of our heartaches and dreams. She goes over. Any man who does not think so should send for Doctor Osler.”