Motion Picture Classic (Jan-Dec 1920)

o Tim Land of Romance Few people realize that they mat/ enter into this charmed land, and rnnirihitln to it. Noiire^iy — the greatest nT(>.\t3 iicie onrn of that chiss. Chances? — just as man>/ as in atnj other walk of life. Vou simply haven't tri'i. New Opportunities In Photoplay Writing Open to All Who Have Ideas WHO will say that he or she has not average ideas and imagination nbout life? And who has not thought, in the theatre, thr.t they have as good or better ideas for photoplays than some they hive seen on the screen? And did you know that literary ability has nothing to do with this new art? One doesn't need "style" or vocabulary, but simply good ideas and the ability to express them clearly. Foi" photoplays are not written as stories are, or as plays for the stage. They are built of ideas, which are put into pictures, arranged in a certain way. TlinsL' wlio would write photoplays .irt: most concerned with ihnl part'ntlar >ii raufjcuicnl. And now thert 's a way in which ynu can U-.irn huw to arraniit your idi-ns. Wlien you have learned that, you have learned to write photoplays in the form acceptable to producers. And producers will rejoice as much as you in your new success. For There's a Famine in Photoplays THERE'S a need for 5000 new stories and producers must have scores of them to produce at once, for the demand is far exceeding the supply that present writers can prepare. Twenty million people are attending motion picture theatres daily and they are calling for new -plays. Their interest must be maintained if the art is to sur\'ive. The opportunity to aid is yours. Who will rise to a new and perhaps "unexpected" success on this modern wave? Who is there who hasn't said to himself, "I am capable of doing something that I have not yet found, far better than anything I have ever done"? The Palmer Plan THE Palmer Plan of Photoplay Writing teaches you mainly how to prepare your ideas for acceptance. Then as you progress it develops you in all the fine points of the art. It is both a primary and finishing school, and it has brought out many star writers — Mrs. Caroline Sayre of Missouri, author of "Live Sparks" for J. Warren Kerrigan; Dorothea Nourse; Paul Schofield, Ince writer; G. Leroi Clarke, who sold his first story for $3,000; and others who have won success. "His Majesty the American," played by Doughs Fairbanks, is a Palmer student's story. James Kendrick, another student, sold six stories less than a year after he enrolled. We maintain a Marketing Bureau in Los Angeles, through which students can offer their stories to the big producers if they so desire. Our Advisory' Council which directs our educational policy is composed of Cecil B. DeMille. Thos. H. Ince, Rob Wagner and Lois Weber. All are famous in the industry and would lend their aid to nothing that they would not use themselves. Twelve leading figures In the profession have included special printed lectures for the course. These lectures cover every essential phase of photoplay plot construction. The Palmer Plav Is romplete. efficient and vitally interesting — it enthralls those who take it up. There is no tedium; in fact one finds in it one o( the best of all diversions from other lines ol work. Don't say you can't follow it. Dun't think you can't win because you have m-ver tried to write. This is a new and diff rent opportunity. Who knows who doesn't try? A Free Book Worth Your Reading THERE is much to tell about this Course, so get our free book about it. Ont successful story repays, many times over, all the effort you put in. Success when it comes is rapid, the field is uncrowdcd, the tleniand for plays immense. Get the free book now. Learn all about this new way to success. If you are of average intelligence, if you have dramatic ideas and ambition, you have the complete fundamental equipment for success. Palmer Photoplay Corporation, t > f III rtmtn I uj Ldii:-Htiijn, 7'i7 L W. HellmLUi Bids.. Los Angetes, Calitornia, Please send me, without oblication. your new book, "The Secret of Successful Photoplay \yriting." Also "Proof Positive," containing Sucteas Stories of many Palmer members, etc. Name Address City State • iAU corre»j>ondcnc» held strictly cot\fidential} (.•^ezjenty-tkree)