Salute to the SMPE

Will H. Hays

When your Society was founded twenty-five years ago, the motion picture, with slow and faltering steps, was just beginning to grope its way into the hearts and affections of the public. The pioneers of that seemingly far away period had enthusiastic confidence in this youngster among the arts, but the world at large too often looked down its nose at the “movies.” The child grew and developed, soon was taking prodigious strides, until today the motion picture is the most democratic of the arts of our century, and the universal entertainment of all the people everywhere.

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Published
1941-07
Content type
Original Research
DOI
10.5594/J16542