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Some anchient movies
Movies have had a dramatic effect on our society. We all own some and are always looking for the next big hit, and watching for our favorite actors in the previews. It is a moneymaking sensation that has swept the world. In the 1800’s one of the primary source of entertainment was social interaction, a very active form of entertainment. Yes there were other forms but they were either circuses or musicians; not the most easily accessed forms of entertainment. The Nickelodeons as movies were called during the 1920’s were a very passive form of entertainment. There was always a new movie to go see and the theaters didn’t move. During the 20’s many were uneasy of movies since they showed behavior that was considered private or vulgar, some examples would be The Kiss and The Great Train Robbery. The Kiss was showed a young couple kissing in public while this is accepted in today’s society back then this was highly irregular. And the mother’s had no idea what showing their children a train robbery would do to them. This shows that from the start Movies always looked for the something that would bring in the crowds and what better than something that you didn’t see everyday. Some saw pros and cons to the movie industry like one Rev. J. J. Phelan M. A., Ph. D. of Toledo, Ohio. He made a list of the advantages and disadvantages of movies and made a list. “1. The Advantages 1. The providing of a reasonable-priced and highly entertaining form of amusement. 2. Convenience both as to accessibility and continuous play hours. 2. The promotion of family unity-as seen in attendance of the entire family. 4. The counteraction against the influence of the brothel, saloon, public dance hall and other questionable forms of amusement. 5. A provision for amusement and relaxation. 6. The supplying of information in regard to travel, history and world events. 7. The treatise of hight moral and educational themes. 8. The movies as an “art.” 2. The disadvantages Physical Dangers 1. Injury to the eyes. 2. Development of neurasthenia. 3. Loss of sleep to growing Children. 4. Danger of disease. 5. Substitute for physical exercise. Social Dangers 1. Laxity of home-control. 2. Promiscuous mingling with feeble-minded. 3. Formation of loose-spending habits. 4. Incapacity of sustained mental application, especially in schoolwork. 5. Creation of adult standards for immature youth. Moral Dangers 1. Exaggerated viewpoints of life. 2. Awakening of morbid Curiosity. 3. Lack of discrimination of what constitutes travesty and serious. 4. False conceptions of sin. 5. Development of abnormal imagination. 6. Creation of sickly sentimentalism. 7. Creation of a desire to imitate plots. 8. The false depicting of true art. 9. Vivid portrayal of loose ethics as affecting home-ties, relation to state and society. 10. False delineation of what constitutes true Americanism. 11. Genesis of crime and juvenile delinquency. 12. Evils incident to the entire system of “commercialized” and unsupervised forms of public amusement.” Some of his predictions have not materialized but a number are quite evident. Number five in physical dangers is an excellent example. If we include television in the same category as movies, then it definitely becomes a substitute for physical excersise. How many of us would rather watch the T.V. than ride a bike or take a walk? The truth is most of us. Number one in moral dangers is also clearly evident an incredible number of movies include an exaggerated view of life. Movies are at the core of at least American life, when you go to a store how many magazines are running stories on famous actors. In the 1940’s and 50’s Marilyn Monroe was the star for Hollywood, she was considered the most beautiful woman at the time. This brings up that in some ways movies set the standards for who is beautiful and who isn’t. When was the last time the hero of a major film fell in love with someone who wasn’t beautiful or handsome? Movies shape our society in a variety of ways from how we dress to how we look at the past with their “Historically” placed movies. It was the movie “Birth of a Nation” that helped prompt the revival of the KKK. Movies have and will change our society by promoting new ideas and concepts.
Rev. J. J. Phelan M. A., Ph. D. (1919) Motion Pictures as a Phase of Commercialized Amusement in Toledo, Ohio (pp. 107,111-112)Toledo Oh, Little Book Press
Author unknown. (year unknown). no title. www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAkkk.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_film
Some anchient movies
Movies have had a dramatic effect on our society. We all own some and are always looking for the next big hit, and watching for our favorite actors in the previews. It is a moneymaking sensation that has swept the world. In the 1800’s one of the primary source of entertainment was social interaction, a very active form of entertainment. Yes there were other forms but they were either circuses or musicians; not the most easily accessed forms of entertainment. The Nickelodeons as movies were called during the 1920’s were a very passive form of entertainment. There was always a new movie to go see and the theaters didn’t move. During the 20’s many were uneasy of movies since they showed behavior that was considered private or vulgar, some examples would be The Kiss and The Great Train Robbery. The Kiss was showed a young couple kissing in public while this is accepted in today’s society back then this was highly irregular. And the mother’s had no idea what showing their children a train robbery would do to them. This shows that from the start Movies always looked for the something that would bring in the crowds and what better than something that you didn’t see everyday. Some saw pros and cons to the movie industry like one Rev. J. J. Phelan M. A., Ph. D. of Toledo, Ohio. He made a list of the advantages and disadvantages of movies and made a list. “1. The Advantages 1. The providing of a reasonable-priced and highly entertaining form of amusement. 2. Convenience both as to accessibility and continuous play hours. 2. The promotion of family unity-as seen in attendance of the entire family. 4. The counteraction against the influence of the brothel, saloon, public dance hall and other questionable forms of amusement. 5. A provision for amusement and relaxation. 6. The supplying of information in regard to travel, history and world events. 7. The treatise of hight moral and educational themes. 8. The movies as an “art.” 2. The disadvantages Physical Dangers 1. Injury to the eyes. 2. Development of neurasthenia. 3. Loss of sleep to growing Children. 4. Danger of disease. 5. Substitute for physical exercise. Social Dangers 1. Laxity of home-control. 2. Promiscuous mingling with feeble-minded. 3. Formation of loose-spending habits. 4. Incapacity of sustained mental application, especially in schoolwork. 5. Creation of adult standards for immature youth. Moral Dangers 1. Exaggerated viewpoints of life. 2. Awakening of morbid Curiosity. 3. Lack of discrimination of what constitutes travesty and serious. 4. False conceptions of sin. 5. Development of abnormal imagination. 6. Creation of sickly sentimentalism. 7. Creation of a desire to imitate plots. 8. The false depicting of true art. 9. Vivid portrayal of loose ethics as affecting home-ties, relation to state and society. 10. False delineation of what constitutes true Americanism. 11. Genesis of crime and juvenile delinquency. 12. Evils incident to the entire system of “commercialized” and unsupervised forms of public amusement.” Some of his predictions have not materialized but a number are quite evident. Number five in physical dangers is an excellent example. If we include television in the same category as movies, then it definitely becomes a substitute for physical excersise. How many of us would rather watch the T.V. than ride a bike or take a walk? The truth is most of us. Number one in moral dangers is also clearly evident an incredible number of movies include an exaggerated view of life. Movies are at the core of at least American life, when you go to a store how many magazines are running stories on famous actors. In the 1940’s and 50’s Marilyn Monroe was the star for Hollywood, she was considered the most beautiful woman at the time. This brings up that in some ways movies set the standards for who is beautiful and who isn’t. When was the last time the hero of a major film fell in love with someone who wasn’t beautiful or handsome? Movies shape our society in a variety of ways from how we dress to how we look at the past with their “Historically” placed movies. It was the movie “Birth of a Nation” that helped prompt the revival of the KKK. Movies have and will change our society by promoting new ideas and concepts.
Rev. J. J. Phelan M. A., Ph. D. (1919) Motion Pictures as a Phase of Commercialized Amusement in Toledo, Ohio (pp. 107,111-112)Toledo Oh, Little Book Press
Author unknown. (year unknown). no title. www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAkkk.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_film