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Films
Bakshy, Alexander | June 11, 1930 issue

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The article discusses films and literature. According to one of playwright Bernard Shaw's pet theories, the stage in the matter of ideas is usually ten years behind literature. It would be difficult to say how far behind the movies are, for as a rule, they care precious little about ideas. But there is one exception. Let the idea attract public interest, let the book in which it has found expression be a best-seller, and no expense will keep the film companies from producing the book as a movie as quickly as they can get the rights.

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MOTION pictures; DRAMATISTS; SHAW, Bernard, 1856-1950; MASS media; PERFORMING arts; LITERATURE
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