Celluloid : the film to-day (1931)

Page scan 000279 from Celluloid : the film to-day

Record Details:

Title:
Celluloid : the film to-day
Date:
1931
Publisher:
London : Longmans, Green and Co.
Volume:
Celluloid : the film to-day
Leaf #:
000279
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
June 20, 2024
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THE FILMS OF FRITZ LANG Scarcely any of us have not been thrilled in our youth by amazing and improbable stories of adventure and discovery. Times without number we became childishly excited following an unflagging hero to strange and unknown lands, our heart-beats treading in his footsteps as he met danger after danger with irrepressible courage. Page by page we cursed at his ill-luck because his secret plans were stolen, vowing horrible death to the leaders of the mysterious gang who continually foiled his projects. Then we breathed freely as he narrowly escaped from their clutches, only to plunge more deeply into some fresh adventure. Whilst all the time we longed to warn him of the sinister figure that lurked round the corner. We have always been delighted by stories of astounding inventions, fantastically designed submarines, incredible flying ships, just as we have been fascinated by the countless catastrophes perpetrated by cunningly devised machines which control the universe by the pressing of a single button. A thousand such wonders are crammed into the marvellous pages of Jules Verne, Eugene Sue, M. P. Shiel, H. G. Wells, Conan Doyle, 227 p#