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Hollywood, California
Established 1918
S. W. LAWSON, Publisher FRED W. FOX, Ea
PAULINE THOMPSON, Auxiliary Editor JOHN CORNYN, Advertising Director GENE WOOLWAY, Studio RepreseM
Volume VI.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 5th, 1924
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The Spirit of "Camera!"
By FRED W. FOX
I am "Camera!".
I am the Voice and the Echo of Filmdom. 1 am a part of motion picture tradition. I came to you in years long past to fulfill my duty as a truthful chronicler and a faithful counselor and today I am more avid and enthusiastic than ever before to perfect myself. I am deeply rooted in the premier achievements of the shadow stage, yet I scan the road ahead and mine eyes seek the distant heights. While 1 pursue the elusive will-o'-the-wisp T maintain my earthly balance with dignity and compos u re.
I am Comedy and Drama, the incarnation of sorrow and joy. To you I bring Life in the high and low places of the world. 1 am the representative of the greatest artistic and educational medium in existence today. I am the poet and the dreamer . . . and the man entwined in the drab meshes of Things. 1 am the light on the long dark road. T am the sunshine in the Valley.
I am the Thought and the Meditation, the Plans and the Activity of the mentors and geniuses of the cinema. I make respectful and uncolored delivery of a myriad messages, and I listen to those who know whereof they speak that I, too, may gain
wisdom. T speak of the rosy hopes and acco< lishments of the industry of celluloid romance1
I embody Fraternity and Sincerity, good lowship and aid for my brethren. I abhor s and conceit. T am the sworn enemy of the leei and parasites preying upon the wealth and W of Filmdom. I do not stoop to endorse false cedure and deceit for monetary remuneration, litical hirelings are an anathema to me. I an solved to advance the highest ideals of litera and journalism as established by the true ma of the Pen and Press.
I am Tolerance and Faith. 1 am not hast condemn my unfortunate kin. 1 am tolerant their sometime-wayward actions for I know cloak genuiness and big-heartedness. I have % faith in mankind and 1 believe in its innate pi and worth. I prefer to extend the helping h I do not strike a man when he is vanquish! wounded by life's buffetings.
I am the Idealist with a Definite Purpose to portray my role well and stand before the C unabashed.
I am "Camera!".
"CAMERA!" The Digest of the Motion Picture Industry, including THE FILM TRIBUNE, The World's Greatest Filmpaper, issui Saturday morning of each week at 6318 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, California. Entered as second-class matter August Uth, 1918, post-office at Los Angeles, California, under the provisions of the Act of March 3rd, 1879. Published by the Camera-Tribune Publishing Coi with executive and editorial offices at 6318 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, California. National advertising representatives H. H. Conger pany, AVw York, Chicago and San Francisco. Subscription Rates: $3.50 per year in Los Angeles County; $+.00 per year in outside zone; $4..' year to Canada; $5.00 per year to foreign points. Address all communications to the company. All unsolicited manuscripts are sent at the er's " risk.