The theatre of science; a volume of progress and achievement in the motion picture industry (1914)

Record Details:

Title:
The theatre of science; a volume of progress and achievement in the motion picture industry
Date:
1914
Publisher:
New York, London [etc.] Broadway publishing company
Volume:
The theatre of science; a volume of progress and achievement in the motion picture industry
Leaf #:
00032
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Cornell University Library
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
"Edition of 3000 copies ... Autographed edition."
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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3ntici to Contgntg 6p C&aptcrs first to end the use of the camera man's productivity as "a chaser" — M. B. Leavitt, at the age of seventy, enters the film industry to exploit "Sixty Years a Queen" — The Strand Theatre and its proprietors — Benjamin S. Moss, of Moss & Brill. CHAPTER XV. Pages 307 to 330. Many volumes on the technique of the photoplay, but few of which serve any useful purpose — The pubUcity departments of the larger manufacturers — A new field for clever press agents who desert the theatrical producers to become permanently intrenched in sumptuous offices. CHAPTER XVI. Pages 331 to 343. The technical side of moving pictures — Charles B. Kleine and his successor, Henry Mestrum — Carl J. Lang, of Olean, N. Y. — J. F. Rembusch and his "Mirror Screen" — The Organ Orchestra — Mr. Austin's views as to the organ replacing an orchestral body — The WurKtzer Unit Orchestra now in general use all over the country — Projection lenses — The Brush electric lighting set — The problem of proper seating of the patrons of the photoplay. CHAPTER XVII. Pages 344 to 362. The evolution in the Windy City— Moving pictures make Chicago a theatrical center — The triumvirate (Jones, Linick, and Schaefer) and their achievements— The Chicago vaudeville agents of to-day owe their prosperity to the camera man — New York vaudeville agents now "booking" films— Talking pictures yet in the developing stage— The "Imperial singing pictures" may