The film finds its tongue (1929)

Record Details:

Title:
The film finds its tongue
Date:
1929
Publisher:
New York : G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Volume:
The film finds its tongue
Leaf #:
00037
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion Picture Technology
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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EARLY STRUGGLES 19 They were very young. Sam was only sixteen; Albert a year or two older. But both were mature beyond their years, probably because their life had never been an easy one. The family was poor; just emigrants from Poland. Harry, the oldest, also Albert and Sam, had been born there before their parents joined the stream of movement to a new and easier land. Harry was six when the family landed in Baltimore. Jack was born in London, Ontario, the family having moved several times after landing. There were, besides these, three girls and another boy. The father was a cobbler. The boys went to work early — just as soon as they were able. All four showed certain dominant traits. Sam and Albert were big youngsters, to be over six feet, large-boned, handsome men; Harry had keen business acumen. Sam was restless, a mixer, and of a distinct mechanical leaning. Such a thing as a motion picture projector would attract him far more by its neat, intricate operation than by the possibility of making money with it. Jack, though very young at the time, was soon to prove the more temperamental,