The moving picture has brought about a great change in our leisure time activities. In the past, people often (1) created their own amusement and entertainment. Today many millions of Americans pay to be entertained in our movie houses.

Most of our (2) movies have been made for adults, yet a large number of the regular moviegoers are children. (3) Studies of the effect of movies on children have shown that some pictures are too exciting and frighten children and may (4) disturb their sleep for several nights. There has also been some evidence to show that children have been influenced to (5) commit crime because of what they saw in the movies.