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" I began my career with infantile dreams of becoming a composer. "
Ivor Novello
Career
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Composer
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" 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. "
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" When the cinematograph first made its appearance, we were told that the days of the ordinary theatre were numbered. "
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" There is an atmosphere about the picture theatre that speaks of entertainment and relaxation. The charming surroundings, good music, and the fact that each visitor is determined to enjoy a few hours of holiday all exert an influence on the mind. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" The average person is gregarious; there is something in the spirit of the crowd that adds to the enjoyment of entertainment. "
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" A couple of seats at a good picture house cost comparatively little but give a generous return in the shape of freshened minds and freedom from the worries that even the best regulated homes cannot always avoid. "
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" Love-making is an art which must be studied. "
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" After the war, in which I served as a pilot in the Air Force, I took up films. "
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" Every blessed one of you feels better for that burst of laughter. "
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You
Better
" 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. "
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" The crowd may be influenced easily, largely because it is a crowd. "
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" Things which do not require effort of some sort are seldom worth having. "
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" There's something Vichy about the French. "
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" 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. "
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" You cannot isolate yourself from the crowd - even if you want to. "
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" The beautiful heroine might be thinking, How long must I bury my face on this wretched man's shoulder? Such is not the always the case, but quite often it is. "
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" There are very few misanthropes, thank goodness! "
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Goodness
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" Television, they say, will permit a person to be entertained at home, without the effort of going to a picture house, without the trouble of booking seats, without the presence of other people. "
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" British girls are as temperamental as Americans. "
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" Behind the footlights there is always the applause, which stimulates the actors. On the screen it is a different matter. "
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Always
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" The public must suffer untold pangs from the stiffness, the deliberate stifling of emotion, on the part of many British actors. "
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Public
British
Emotion