Silent Film Compared
with the Theater

A handful of persuasive arguments were put to verse by the popular song writer Howard Dietz (1896 - 1983) as to why the up-town theater clique was all wet as to why movies were better than stage productions.

• "The picture theater is always dark
So things you throw won't hit the mark."

•"The actor in the movie play
Can't hear the things you often say."

• "The spoken drama's always longer;
The movie hero's always stronger."

Click here to read more comparisons between film and stage.