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HOW TO WRITE PHOTO PLAYS 147
tigers, daring the dangers of the jungle, making at least the appearance of sport at teasing wild boars and diving into shark-invested tropical waters. Mayhap it is a matter of pride. Mayhap the bold and fearless author writes in these 'bits of business/ and then the actors and the producers get together and determine to show these goshdinged Mopesters* that they cannot imagine any stunt that cannot be accomplished by the right people. We cannot help but think that the business of motion-picture acting and of motion-picture writing has the enthusiasm, the imagination, and the recklessness of youngsters just turned twenty-one. Yet we may expect it in time to sober down — to banish all the impossible romances, take thought of the realities of life, cease to court deathbed scenes, and let the accountant have a word to say as to the expenses. And that is the approaching consummation. Motion-picture securities are being listed, lines of rivalry marked, but to date the limit of its powers has not been established. It is possible that the author has not as yet reached the limit of imaginary flights? We are glad, howeevr, that we have been enabled to see and participate in the industry in the period of quick-throbbing beginning. It is now more exciting and astonishing than it will be when it decides, after all, that life is not made up of impossible occurrences." His words are about all that are needed on the subject. They point out an undeniable truth — that motion pictures now are flying among the clouds of fancy. It will be but a short time when the public will demand