Ivor Novello Quotes
The average person is gregarious; there is something in the spirit of the crowd that adds to the enjoyment of entertainment.
The cinema is an institution nowadays, with its roots sunk deep in the hearts of the millions of people who find enjoyment and entertainment in going to the pictures.
The public must suffer untold pangs from the stiffness, the deliberate stifling of emotion, on the part of many British actors.
A visit to a cinema is a little outing in itself. It breaks the monotony of an afternoon or evening; it gives a change from the surroundings of home, however pleasant.
We were asked to believe that the variety and the novelty of even the crude films of the early days would provide a means of entertainment which would cut out the stage.
It has been argued that British girls are incapable of deep feeling or brilliant acting owing to their lack of temperament. This, I am positive, is not true.
Behind the footlights there is always the applause, which stimulates the actors. On the screen it is a different matter.
The inconvenience, the glaring lights, the long hours of waiting, and the repetition of every scene are all calculated to defeat anything more than a real mastery of love technique.
When the cinematograph first made its appearance, we were told that the days of the ordinary theatre were numbered.
