My remarks Inspired Mr. Goldwyn
to sit down (or possibly to stand up)
and dictate the following letter:
"Sincerity Is taking hold of the
motion pictures. I firmly believe that
the 'gag man’ and the plot that is
dragged In by the ears is finding a
closed door with the motion picture
producer of vision. It is only a ques
tion of time until insincerity in pic
tures will have the same effect that
Insincere people have in life.
‘‘Of course, these things will not
happen in a day. but I felt that way
shout 10 years ago. when I started to
interest the picture public in better
pictures.
"Not in defense of myself, but In
defense of producers as a whole. I
Want to say to you that it is not the
producer who is responsible for the
author's failure on the screen, be
cause there is no one today more
vitally interested in the writer than
is the producer.
"ft is the author himself who all j
too often looks upon motion pictures ■
as a means of acquiring a large
amount of money quickly, after which i
he plans to return home and s.vndi-j
• ate unfavorable criticisms against
the motion picture industry as a
whole.
