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LTHOUGH the actual publication of "The Truth About the
Movies" has been made possible only through the phenome
nal co-operation of the hundreds of its contributors, this entire project is the concrete embodiment of an idealistic idea, conceived and executed by Laurence A. Hughes.
For several years, Mr. Hughes had been associated with the motion picture industry in various capacities, when a matter of business took him to the offices of the Service Bureau. There he saw hundreds of extras, of both sexes and of every age and station in life, waiting for their pay-checks.
His thought centered on the majority who would never rise above the ranks of extra players, because they had not that inborn Thespian talent or the physical qualifications for motion picture acting, or even the understanding of the practical methods of furthering their own interests in the upward climb. Accompanying this reflection was the thought of the others all over the world who aspire to enter the motion picture field but who do not know how to determine their fitness or to bring this desire into force and effect. Immediately Mr. Hughes saw the great need and the wondrous power for good in a volume like "The Truth About the Movies."
For three years he has worked in the different studios and other important centers in the business of making films, with twin purposes in mind: First, his determination was to secure definite information about every angle of the cinema world, so that he could honestly compile and edit the articles which go to make up this volume on the basis of his own experience. Secondly, the desire to become intimately acquainted with those who would serve as contributors to "The Truth About the Movies," so that he could be sure that they would give him genuine, sincere and accurate informational material.
In bringing to the public this work, which is the fruit of many years of general acquaintance and a three-year intimate study by Mr. Hughes, the publishers feel they are performing a real service to the millions upon millions of film fans throughout the world. Here is, in fact, "The Truth About the Movies."
THE PUBLISHERS.
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