CHILDREN AND THE CINEMA
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
Stu,—In your issue of the 8th inst. " Crusader " overlooks that there are two sides even to the question of the cinema. A film that would appeal to children, one of the countless lovely and funny and exciting and delightful" sort, might conceivably be bad for me as an adult ; it might bring on temporary softening of the brain. Certainly decent films are the ideal to strive for, and I think this is being done with marked success in this country. Fanaticism, however, will not help matters, and our present day fanatics are in danger of destroying the value of the cinema altogether.
I have seen the film "Vaudeville," and pace "Crusader"
it is one which the most fastidious might see without imperilling their immortal soul. However, the fanatics are there, and we must lay our account with them. How would the following compromise do ? In all cinemas, from 2 p.m. till 6 p.m., no adults admitted ; from 6 p.m. till the close no children admitted ?—I am, Sir, &c.
VEarras.
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