Biographies of Paramount Players and Directors (1936)

Page scan 000187 from Biographies of Paramount Players and Directors

Record Details:

Title:
Biographies of Paramount Players and Directors
Date:
1936
Volume:
Biographies of Paramount Players and Directors 1936-1937
Leaf #:
000187
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Books
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
May 30, 2024
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84a.* cgszine editor cuts out various words to strengthen a literary production. A few weeks after the United States' entrance into the World War, Milestone joined the army propaganda bureau — division of motion pictures. And there he worked with two other men who were destined to become leading film directors — Josef von Sternberg and Richard Wallace. The war tied him up for approximately two years. At the termination of his job, he left for Hollywood, where he became a film 6ditcr for Universal. The directorial bee buzzed about him in 1924 and he made some very fine pictures which were handicapped by insufficient finances and actors of real ability. However, his reputation for success even with these productions grew so that be was assigned "Two Arabian Nights", one of the most successful pictures produced in 1927. Then in rapid succession he made a series of screen successes inducting Emil Jennings' "Betrayal" and in 1930 one of the mightiest pictures ever produced "All Quiet on the Western Front", which was adjudged the best picture of the year. Since then Milestone has limited his work, choosing to carefully prepare his story rather than rush into production with an uncertainty. Following "All Quiet" he directed "Front Page" for which he received high honors in 1931. His great tecimical experience as a cutter has made him the most exact director in the business. He rarely overshoots his pictures. He arranges his scripts so that fet sequences or scenes are wasted in the final arr-.nging and editing of the film. His most recent pictures are: PARIS IN SPRING, ANYTHING GOES, GENERAL LIED AT LAWN.