Picture Snatcher (1933)
Sterling Holloway: Journalism Student
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Quotes
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[Danny is giving a tour of his newspaper's printing room]
Journalism Student : Yes, here it is - white wood pulp, plain white... Why, today it's raw, but tonight it's cooked with printer's ink, photographic art, the sweat of creative effort. Tomorrow it goes out and hundreds of thousands of men and women feed their starving, mediocre souls on the indiscretions and adventures of others. And then, a little while later, what is it?
Danny Kean : Don't you know? They use it to wrap up herring.
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Journalism Student : In my opinion, modern journalism has descended to a deplorable level.
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Journalism Student : You know, Professor Stanley says that the things we'll see are the things in journalism not to do. Professor Stanley says that this newspaper is a filthy blot on the escutcheon of American writing.
