Picture Play Magazine (Oct-Nov 1915)

32 Live-wire Market Hints. Changes in the Mutual Film Corporation have effected the scenario markets of the Reliance, Majestic, American, New York Motion-picture Corporation, Gaumont, Horsley, and several other brands. As soon as conditions settle down, we will announce just about where each of these companies stand. In some cases, the demand for outside scripts will increase, while in others it will diminish. Short Shots. "As a man thinketh, so he is." Those were the words of some fellow or other in the past, and they certainly apply to the twentieth-century writer — the photoplaywright — and his chances of success. It is well for present-day photo-playwrights to realize that the authors in the early days of motion pictures had no one to assist them along their rocky course. Some writers think it quite cute to see how close they can come to offending the censors without having their pictures rejected, but the manufacturer does not see anything "cute" about it. 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