"Only thoughtless people chatter about the low intelligence of the average filmgoer. There is no such person. There are several classes of public entertainment, including several classes of film. And there are several classes of film director, including some who are so illiterate that they cannot conceive anyone being interested in anything but crudely presented police and divorce court news, and adventures out of boys' journals.
They are usually ranked as infallible authorities on the suitability of scenarios. These gentlemen have never had any use for me; and I cannot pretend that I have any use for them."
- Bernard Shaw on motion pictures in general and the film of PYGMALION in particular.
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