Action Picture romance comes when each hurdle is a tableau, when there is indeed an art-gallery-beauty in each one of these swift glimpses: when it is a race, but with a proper and golden-linked grace from action to action, and the goal is the most beautiful glimpse in the whole reel.
In the Action Picture there is no adequate means for the development of any full grown personal passion.

The distinguished character-study that makes genuine the personal emotions in the legitimate drama, has no chance.

People are but types, swiftly moved chessmen.

More elaborate discourse on this subject may be found in chapter twelve on the differences between the films and the stage.

But here, briefly: the Action Pictures are falsely advertised as having heart-interest, or abounding in tragedy.