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34 the art of sound PICTURES
Preserve the personality traits and change the social setting.
John Boles made a great hit in The Desert Song, a light opera which ran successfully on Broadway, Original stories submitted for him should not again make him either a sheik or an Englishman disguised as an Arab leader, since these characterizations appeared in The Desert Song. Some story, however, which carried out the same idea for John Boles in another setting, with some new twist to the story plot, would probably have an excellent chance of being accepted.^
There are many considerations which enter into the preparation of a story for the screen. Let us suppose that an original story is submitted, in the usual manner, to a picture company. The story department assigns the manuscript to a reader. The reader makes a synopsis of the story, usually not more than two or three pages in length. At the end of this synopsis, the reader customarily puts a brief paragraph of opinion concerning the merits of or objections to this particular story for picture purposes. This synopsis, with the reader’s comments, comes to the desk of the story editor, who then, in one of the regular editorial conferences, takes up the question of its purchase and production.
NOTES FROM AN EDITOR’S CONFERENCE
Why are stories rejected? The best answer to this question will be found in the minutes of an editorial con
1 As this book goes to press, a story of thb type, Rio Rita, with John Boles, is making a tremendous box-office success.