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THE AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER
December 15, 1921
Hands Across the Sea
(With Apologies to Mr. B. Baer)
Tj^oreign studios bristling over with activity like last day at county fair.
XTollywood colony dashing across pond from free to free-er country. Passports issued to anybody but Volstead.
A ctors, as well as cameras getting well oiled for long siege of heavy cinematographing.
Ctars grabbing off colossal stipend in American eagles and running race with German government to corner all Marks before tide runs out.
pameramen grinding to music of American dough and spending to tune of German Mark, putting hefty balance in old sock.
A merican directors in Europe going coo-coo on mob stuff. Fewer stories and more mobs as latest prescription to relieve cramp in box office.
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ew York now retained as receiving station for importation of European super-productions. Supers draw small jack in old country.
rand vacation now in order in American studios out of courtesy to invading celluloid dramas.
"The World Do &Aovie"
And What Would the Movies be Without These Things
That overworked sub-title — "and then" —
The alligator-jawed boarding house keeper who makes life a burden for the poor heroine.
The thrill when the police or the cowboys or the soldiers or the posse or the hero start to release the heroine from her tormentors.
The cigarette that enables the actor to stall till his brain begins to work.
The agitato played by the orchestra, organ or piano when the forces of evil are about to put over a coup.
The broken, cracked or otherwise defaced announcement slide that all picture theatres use.
The seat hogs that refuse to arise and give you decent space to pass to or from your seat.
The usher who seats you where you don't want to sit.
The latest spasm in song that is played by "Mr. Bill Smith at our mighty voiced organ."
The incoming or outgoing folk who throw the screen into total eclipse just as the smartest sub-title or the climax is being flashed. (It is the very quintessence of picture play etiquette to delay exit until a time when an unimportant sequence is on the screen. )
The chewing gum parked under the seat that you take away along with your hat.
The fat neighbor who spills over into your seat.
The person who coughs against the back of your neck.
The fan who doesn't like the picture and who crabs against it audibly from "Herman Concrete presents" to "The End."
The glycerine tears of the lacklachrymose heroine.
Those nervous and inconsiderate folk who cut and run just in time to spoil the finale for everybody else.
To all members of the American Society of Cinematographers and to our many friends in the Motion Picture industry we wish a very merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous New Year.
H. C. BRYANT, Manager Retail and Motion Picture Departments
G. GENNERT
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