KINEMA FAVOURITES
LONDON CHILDREN'S FANCIES. Thi-oo South London schoolgirls provided tlio Kineina. Commission recently with first-hand evidence of tlio child's attitude towards tlio "pictures." Two were children of 13, and Hie other, tin Irish girl, was 12. "Supposing, when you worn goins into tlio box office of a picture palace," asked Dr. Mario Stopes, ■•you met a fairy who told you that you could see whatever picture you wished—what would you liko to see?" "I should liko to see a picture of the circus," said one of the elder girls. "I should like si good drama, but not a love drama," replied the second thirteen-year-old girl, with emphasis. "A drama, like 'Littlo Miss Nobody.'" t/ "You don't like love dramas, then?' , "No, I don't!" was the- emphatic reply. 'There's too much fooling about in them, nnd there's always liatred between two men and two women. It's .a lot of silliness, and I don't think it would happen in real life." "What sort of pictures do children like?" The Girls (in chorus): "When cowboys and Indians como on they're loudly clapped." "Do you like flower.* or bird's nosts?" — "No, not very much." "Charlie Chnolin?" "Yes, ,, they oxclaimed gleefully. The Truo British Spirit. ' GILBEY'S DRY GIN. Its Quality is unsurpassed. —Advt.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3092, 24 May 1917, Page 3
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209KINEMA FAVOURITES Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3092, 24 May 1917, Page 3
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