In the 1930s people went to see films not just to be entertained or to escape the dreariness of their workaday lives but to gain an education, to see the world, to learn table manners and interior decoration, how to dress, kiss, to laugh and cry, how to react to tragedy and happiness, how to be brave, evil and good.
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Give the American people a good cause, and there's nothing they can't lick.
Give the American people a good cause, and there's nothing they can't lick.
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded or how read more
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded or how much you have.
A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.
A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take read more
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what read more
It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, how to feel about it, and how to look how you feel about it.
The embarrassing thing is that the salad dressing is outgrossing my films.
The embarrassing thing is that the salad dressing is outgrossing my films.
That old saying, how you always hurt the one you love, well, it works both ways
That old saying, how you always hurt the one you love, well, it works both ways
Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and read more
Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
