This idea has been represented many times with a certain sameness because the producers have not thought out the philosophy behind it.

A picture that is all action is a plague, one that is all elephantine and pachydermatous pageant is a bore, and, most emphatically, a film that is all mechanical legerdemain is a nuisance.

The possible charm in a so-called trick picture is in eliminating the tricks, giving them dignity till they are no longer such, but thoughts in motion and made visible.

In Moving Day the shoes are the most potent.

They go through a drama that is natural to them.