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 #:
00047
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 29 tinued in business with what little money they could raise, as a partnership called "Warner Brothers." The new firm endured for nearly ten years — years during which its members passed out of their late twenties and into their late thirties. It was not an important company and it had no spectacular rise; but it made money. Its product was at first often the "quickie" — a cheap picture ground out as quickly as possible for consumption by small houses. The partnership's one outstanding production in this period was My Four Years in Germany, a picturization of Ambassador Gerard's book made in 1918; and which, though the industry prophesied its failure, was a great success. Though these ten years gave the Warner Brothers no great fortune, they did give them a thorough groundwork in the making of motion pictures that would stand up under competition. At the same time the Warners learned how to turn out a film without spending a fortune in overhead salaries. They learned all sorts of shortcuts to production. They learned how to make both ends meet. And they acquired acreage