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BRINGING BACK PEOPLE TO THEATRE:
THE CINEMA CROWDS.
When you get to the age of fifty and a bit, as I have got, you ask your friend the manager he will kindly find you a soat in the first four rows, and even then one has to strain one's enrs
SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER.
10, 1927.
A GERMAN FILM SCANDAL.
CHARGES BROUGHT AGAINST MINISTRIES.
HUGE SUBVENTIONS.
Berlin, Aug. 9.
The Montag Morgen yester- day accused the Reichswehr Ministry of devoting considerable cums as subventions to several German Alm undertakings. It little to catch the subtleties of give alleged details, and chal- dialogue, writes Mr. Edgar Wallenged the Ministry to state from lace in a London paper. It is what funds such subventions had sometimes annoying when, having heen drawn. The Reichswehr strained, there are no subtleties Ministry issued a hurried denial.
to hear. And one nudges one's companion and whispers: "What did he say?" after a roar of Taughter at some unheard sally.
An impartial observer cannot fail to be struck by the extra- ordinary number of militaristic films which are being shown all Of course, there are lots of over Germany. Even the Reichs- people of seventy and eighty who wehr Ministry, in its communique, can read without glasses and hear granted that one of the film com- the ticking of their watches;panies alleged to have received a but I am not referring to those subvention has produced supermen and women, but to the Commonplace us, who do crane our necks and assume the grimaces proper to those who are 'ard of 'earing.
How many thousands, and hun- dreds of thousands, of people are there in London and in England whose theatre days are practic- ally finished because they can't quite catch what is happening, or what the characters are talking abont on the stage? How any hundreds of thousands are drift ing from the theatre to the cinema palaces for that very reason?
They That Have Ears.
Go to any picture palace and take stock of the audience, es- pecially the afternoon and early evening audience, and if you are under the impression that the cinema only attracts the foolish youth of the land, you will have a shock. Seventy per cent. of these audiences are middle-aged people; and a very large propor tion of those are forced to the pictures because they cannot fol- low the dialogue of the spoken
drama.
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Danzig 's few naval films'.
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The Montag Morgan allegation reinforced to-day by details are published in the Berliner Tageblatt, which have created no small scan- dal..
Late last night the Reichswehr Ministry found itself forced to Issue a second denial, in which it admisted that owing to the risk that German cinema companies underwent of falling into foreign. hands, and in recognition of the anti-German tendencies of one or two American film companies, it found itself bound by duty to take a thorough interest in the coun- try's film indvatry.
Detailed Particulars.
The Tageblatt, asserts this morning, however, that the public are not satisfied with the Reichs- wehr Ministry's denial and that whole matter will have to be brought up at the next session of the Reichstag. It gives detailed particulars of the manner in which the Reichswehr has supported the film companies and publishes the names of the negotiators.
One of the credits, in the form
No, no, this is not an attack upon. the inaudibility of the modern ac-of a guarantee, was for no less
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tor and actress. With few excep- tions, they are hearable even the farthermost seats of the gal lery. I don't know whether I am wrong, but my impression is that the confidential method is rather dying out on the stage, and actors are learning to declaim as did their fathers.
than 30,000,000 marks (£1,500,000) and was, the Tageblatt asserts, late signed by Dr. Luther, the Chancellor, Dr. Rheingold, the former Finance Minister, and Dr. Gassler, the present Reichswehr Minister.
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The financing of the Phoebus least Film. Company for at Deafness i3 a distressing 6,500,000 marks (£325,000) the discase, especially partial denf Tageblatt declares, was carried out ness. If one's eyes grow a little in a most compromising manner. dim, there is the oculist to put Captain Lohmann, of the Reichs- you right, and by a fine adjust-wehr, who carried through the has, the ment of lenses to restore to you Phoebus transaction, something like normal sight. But Paper alleges, received 10 per if you go deaf and have the brains cent. of the total net profits of one to eschew the "cures" of quacks, of the company's largest cinema and haven't the moral courage to theatres for his personal gain. Tageblatt describes the carry enormous instruments at-The tached to your bosom to amplify whole of the transactions connec every sound, you must perforceed with the Phoebus firm as being miss much of the fun of life, and tinted with the worst form of there is no fun quite as satisfying corruption. and as thrilling or as soothing' as
a good play well acted.
This afternoon the Tageblatt's disclosures are taken up by the the The other day I received a let-whole German Press, and ter from a matron of a South Los- Navy Department has realised the up the dion Hospital asking to necessity of clearing subscribe to a wireless installa-scandal. It has now decided t tion in the nurse's home, the idea request the Chancellor to appoint being that every nurse in her an official of the Finance Ministry room could plug in and listen to to investigate the whole matter. whatever 2 "LO's
Meanwhile Captain Lohmann might be. I am sure all the bas, at his own request, been tem- money required will be given. It porarily suspended,
programme
and has
will in reality cost very little; and furthermore, the Navy Department A number of people will have a adds rather vaguely, taken legal great deal of pleasure-especially steps against several newspapers. the slightly denf people.
A Simple Remedy.
for the deaf; in other words, that people should advertise their in- firmity by asking for seats where telephones had been fixed for their
use:
And here I will come to point. If every management in London would spend something under £500, the theatre-going pub- He would be increased by 30 per cent. There is no reason at all That is totally unnecessary. It why at the back of every other isn't for the really deaf people stall there should not be a light that these 'phones are wanted; it und simple receiver connected is for us-and we are in the with microphones at the foot majority in theatres who bear lights, which would enable even ninety-four words and miss six. the almost totally deaf to follow. If they were attached as a matter every line of the dialogue.
of course to every seat, there
any
I say "stall," and "stall" does would be no discomfort to not mean a particular position in member of the audience. Seat- the house, but the seat one occu-when they required, dispense with holders could use them as and pies, whether it is in the gallery. them when they were unnecessary the dress-circle, the pit, or the
my 'own opinion is that the ma- most expensive part of the house.
Why Not?
If the little receiver was there it jority. would bring them into, use. would be used, and would be ¿L great blessing to the thousands wheri wireless and pictures have drawn away from the theatre.
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There is nothing fantastical about my suggestion-it is plain Such a system would be valu- commonsense. You have only to able, not only to people who are canvass your own circle of nc- Ideaf, but to those who find a dif-quaintances to discover two or Aculty in catching, the words of three-and that is very large songs it would, I admit, be fatal number-who have given up going self. It would certainly increase the to those actors who indulge into the theatre because they "can't theatre-going public. In
"A from January 1, 1928, the While standing on a
all ensign of the Spanish Merchant storey window in Manchester
satto voce comments, but a few hear very well." Some of them seriousness I commend this idea Service will be composed of three window cleaner fell, Just fatalities in that direction would blame the actors-one is rather to the Theatrical Managers' As- be welcomed by audience and shy of admitting one's own failing management alike.
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I put my idea to a manager the If a performance can be broad other day, who thought it wae cast to the world, which pays no excellent, but suggested that thing to hear it, it might very well special seats should be reserved be broadcast within the theatre it
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