The art of words and the art of pictures are there forcibly yoked together.

Whoever writes his scenarios so that the pictures cannot be understood without these linguistic crutches is an esthetic failure in the new art.

The next step toward the emancipation of the photoplay decidedly must be the creation of plays which speak the language of pictures only.
Two apparent exceptions seem justified.

It is not contrary to the internal demands of the film art if a complete scene has a title.

A leader like "The Next Morning" or "After Three Years" or "In South Africa" or "The First Step" or "The Awakening" or "Among Friends" has the same character as the title of a painting in a picture gallery.