1933 The 25 .00 winner 

Panning the movies has become a national 
pastime. I'm sick of the people who think that 
a sneer aimed with alleged scintillating wit at 
Hollywood is clever and smart. 

I agree that there is still a vast quantity of 
third-rate stuff emanating from the film 
studios. But isn't that true of books, music, 
painting, the theater or any form of creative 
expression? 

Anyone capable of functioning mentally be- 
yond that naive but odious period of juvenilia 
characterized by facetiousness and the wise- 
crack realizes that motion pictures have pro- 
gressed in the last year as never before. They 
have become a definite cultural influence. 

K. J. Howard, Portland, Ore.