How to Write Moving Picture Plays (1915)

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PAPER AND ENVELOPES nc □n Please bear in mind that it is not required that you buy your stationery .from us; but many writers of Photoplays, Short Stories, Novels, Poems, etc., find it more convenient to order the required kind of manuscript paper and envelopes direct from us. We keep a large stock on hand, and will mail to you on the same day order is received — 100 Sheets of Manuscript Paper, 8}/£ x I 1 inches. 25 Envelopes, 434 x ^/l inches, in which to mail manuscripts to producers or publishers; and 25 Envelopes, 4x9, which you are to self-address and enclose with manuscript when mailing: All for One Dollar, Postpaid. nc Our Manuscript Department We offer our services to the many writers who prefer the neatness and professional appearance of a typewritten manuscript, whether it be Motion Picture Plays, Short Stories, Serials, Novels, Poems, or Articles. We maintain a special department for typewriting such work at the following rates: MINIMUM FEE for any piece of typewritten work is One Dollar. MOTION PICTURE PLAYS, One Dollar each, provided it does not run more than six pages of typewritten matter. Should it run in excess of six pages, rate is twenty cents for each extra page. We would then hold manuscript and write you at once to this effect. However, the average one-reel play will not exceed six pages of typewritten matter. Price includes two typewritten copies (original and carbon). SHORT STORIES, Serials, Novels, Poems, Articles, etc., twenty cents per typewritten page. It is far preferable to submit this kind of work to us and let us write you at once exact cost of copying. This price includes two copies (original and carbon). If manuscript sent to us is in dilapidated condition or not legible for easy reading, we will return it to sender, refunding money sent us, less return postage. These prices are for copying ONLY, and do NOT include the correction of spelling, punctuation, technical form, etc. Neither do we guarantee the absence of all slight typographical errors. However, we are confident our work will please you and prove entirely satisfactory. nr '—in List of FilmProducers Should the List of Producers (included with this book) be lost, or several months hence the writer should desire to have the very latest revised list of film-producing companies, send us Twelve Cents in postage stamps, and we will mail same immediately. nc do Carbon Paper Twenty sheets of carbon paper, used in making a carbon copy of manuscript when written on typewriter, mailed, postpaid, for One Dollar. Twenty sheets of carbon paper should ordinarily last for more than a year. n< m Rebuilt Typewriters If any writer of photoplays, short stories, etc., is desirous of purchasing a rebuilt typewriter, and will write us, we will be glad to put them into communication with one or more responsible agencies in Cincinnati, where a good rebuilt typewriter can be bought for $25.00 to $45.00. ATLAS PUBLISHING COMPANY 333 ATLAS BANK BUILDING CINCINNATI, OHIO