Camera - April 14, 1923 to February 16, 1924 (April 1923-February 1924)

Page 12 "Camera!" The Digest of the Motion Picture Industry February 16, 19; Exclusive producers of TRANSPARENCY TITLES by a ncvJ process on a patented S 25,000.00 machine 112* LILLIAN WAY HOLLY 1696 PERSONAL UBLICITY A^EXCELLENT OSTIVELY PUTS PICTUPL" people in pep/wot udlicfavob *%/iite f?r porft'eufars . oq jee Geme Wocuway P.O.Box 176, Hollywood Sfafion Or, in care of CaffieraV 2nd. Floor, 6318 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood PnONE 439-868 i— IHTtBP^ FRED MILLER COMEDIAN Main 4915 BRUNO Publicity Photos, Professional Photos, Casting Director Photos 6412 HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD Telephone 431-029 'Where all good filmfolk get together." JOHN'S NEW CAFE 6382 Hollywood Blvd. LOCATION LUNCHES Holly 7660 KWIK LUNCH 1626 Cahuenga Ave. 1714 Highland Ave. 7560 Sunset Blvd. The New Directors By George Landy The new directors will probably come as much from the ranks of the scenario writers as from the field of actors and assistant directors. This is the startling assertion of Sada Cowan and Howard Higgin, unanimously conceded to be among the topnotchers in this field. Coming from them, this statement has weight as well as interest, and leads the way to a new goal for the budding screen author. Cowan-Higgin point out that, more and more, the scenario writer is taking his place alongside of the director, not behind him or beneath him. More and more, the author is consulting with the director about the picture, not only before it starts, but also during its shooting, and then during its cutting and titling. More and more, the director is coming to look on the author as a co-worker and not as a mere assistant or intellectual underling. "As a matter of fact," say Cowan-Higgin, "this is not as surprising as it might be on first glance, when one stops to realize that those very qualities which make a successful screen author, need only a certain logical development and the benefit of practical experience, to turn him out a successful director. The man who yelled at his actors through a megaphone and who stormed around the set, is classed with other antediluvian fossils; the present-day director discusses things with his actors, and having talked things over, each goes about his business to secure the desired result. "There are, to our minds, nine attributes which are necessary for the successful director: humanness — a sympathetic understanding of people — observance of detail— an innate sense of drama — the power to think in pictures rather than words — thought continuity— an artistic training which enables him to group and compose, not only aesthetically but also dramatically — a practical knowledge of the making of motion pictures — the power to draw from his players a response to his own thoughts. "These are the requisites for the successful director and even the slightest inspection of this list shows that they are ust as essential to the successful author. Perhaps the last named power, viz.: the ability to draw a response from the player, is not quite so necessary to the author, but outside of this one factor, he must possess absolutely every qualification that the successful director owns. Given these qualifications, add thereto the practical experience of the studio and the contact with the actor, and your scenario writer has every opportunity to be a director. That is whence the directors of the future are coming — and the very near future, at that! This tendency is expressing itself, not only in the teams of director-author which have sprung up of late in the motion picture world, and which work together consistently, but also in the evoluttion and growth of nopularity of several men who write and direct their own, stories. This method is not, however, as good as the team method, since two heads are never as surely better than one as in a film studio "In fact, that is one of the advantages of scenario collaboration at the present time. If the right basis for collaboration exists in the partnership, the team will automatically evolve a director-author combination for the future, since one of its members will surely work out the possession of that added faculty which the director needs beyond the scenario writer. Then you will have that ideal combination toward which the making of pictures is now definitely advancing, of an author and a director who are used to working together." 'CAMERA! 0 l T a « CT * V Jt-%± y x TOR SALE — Eirnman camera, fine lens, ai' ' trijuid. Will si ll ;it a li.'irnain. Call Beac _ till I. _ FOR SALE— Bell & He .well Camera. La: model. Complete outfit. Lenses, trlpt oases, mats, two irises, ete. Keasonab _ I'hnne 43S-416. F' iR SALE — Eirnman Camera and Tripod. Fl Lens. Will sell at a bargain. Call Beac4914. All Legal Matters Attorney and Counselor-at-Law JACK P. LEONARD !M)^1 Broadway Vrcade Bldg. 1540 south Broadway Los Angeles, Cal. 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