There is no way to sample the films.

One has to wait through the first third of a reel before he has an idea of the merits of a production, his ten cents is spent, and much of his time is gone.

It would take five hours at least to find the best film in our town for one day.

Meanwhile, nibbling and sampling, the seeker would run such a gantlet of plot and dash and chase that his eyes and patience would be exhausted.

Recently there returned to the city for a day one of Griffith's best Biographs, The Last Drop of Water.