The movies seem to be a blessing to others besides the playhouse habitue; they apparently offer a means to use up plays which would otherwise have never seen the light of day. Hen: Arthur Jones, the famous British dramatist, provides a case in point, for having just accepted a contract to write picture plays, he starts off with one called "James, the Fogey." This happens to be one of his earliest efforts, and it was never produced. Now, however, the Famous Players-Lasky British Producers, Ld., are taking it in hand, and it is said that in its picturized form it is likely to prove eminently successful. If so, the news must be exceedingly wel~ come to all manner of struggling authors, playwrights and so forth. There will always be a chance that if something or other fails as novel it may succeed on the movies. and, of course, the other way round also. And there should be no reason why, if a writer had sufficient nerve, he could not. with odd changes, offer his.work as novel, drama, picture-play, poem, or serious contribution to present day philosophy. Think of the number of books which defeat the reader they are meant to be. long before he has found out what
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