The cinema occupies a very important place in modern life. In every large city, there are several cinema houses, while even the smallest town can boast of one or two. Mobile cinema houses now reach even the remote villages. Young and old, men and women, all like to enjoy a picture. In big cities, thousands may be seen every evening going to enjoy a cinema show. It, therefore, exercises a profound influence on the minds of the people, especially on those of the young.
Excessive visits to the cinema have an injurious effect on health. People have to sit crowded together in the suffocating atmosphere of closed halls. This is favorable to spread of infectious diseases. It is also very injurious to eye-sight. Frequent visits to the cinema weaken eye sight.
The cinema has an adverse effect on public morals. The lure of the cinema is so great that boys often steal to purchase the ticket and often tell order to enjoy a matinee. The dirty songs, dances and love sense so common in todays films. Demoralize the public and have an exciting effect on the young. They become sex conscious at an early age.
The cinema creates dissatisfaction with one’s present position and status in life. In the pictures, the hero and heroine are often shown rolling in most fashionable clothes to wear. They seem to have nothing to do except make Love and enjoy. All this show of wealth and comfort naturally makes those persons dissatisfied who are not so favorable placed. They also want to enjoy like the characters of the film; and hence lose all happiness in their present life. This evil effect of the cinema is clearly seen in the behavior of a large number of boys and girls, who run away from their homes to become film heroes and heroines