The problem of colour on the screen is one which may be, and is being, approached from many angles. There are some who delight' in colour for colour's sake and it was this approach which accounted for the success of "La Cucuracha." But Mr, Alfred Hitchcock, who still seems to stand out as England's best native director, is of another opinion, For him colour should be used only as an adjunct to the drama—to heighten a.momentary. effect, He instances the dramatic "punch" to be got out of red drops of blood dripping onto a bunch of white daisies. Realism is his object and for him colour means a new approach to an intenser realism, At present, he says that a blush can be indicated by no more than a flutter of eyelashes and an irritable fidget. With the colour screen he can turn a face gradually red and the blush will appear unmistakably and with almost utter realism.
Those who think that colour is only a passing phase will undoubtedly be proved as wrong as was Miss Lillian Gish when she said seven years ago, "the more I see of talkies, the more I am convinced that we shall go back to silent films," Colour and before long, stereoscopy will dominate the screen, although certain artists will continue to work more or less obscurely in media which appeal to them.
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