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Because of this he has refused many offers of positions as editor, staff writer, and director.
He is not a prolific writer, and averages less than a script a week. But every script sells, each one is written carefully for the company that purchases it, and his releases are almost invariably successes. Among his most successful releases are "Twilight" (Essanay), "The Wood Fire at Martin's" (Selig), "SunHght" (Essanay), "In the Firelight" (Amei-ican), "Slipping Fingers" (Selig), "Withering Roses" (Beauty), "Millions for Defence" (Vitagraph), and "The Town of Nazareth" (American).
The Photoplay Authors' League v/as organized in Los Angeles on February 27, 1914, by a group of representative writers who met primarily to see what action could be taken follov/ing the decision of a local judge that a photoplay manuscript was valueless. In March the organization was perfected and officers elected for the first year as follows: President, Frank E. Woods; Vice-Presidents, Hettie Gray Baker, Richard Harding Davis, and Ernest A. Dench; Treasurer, Richard Willis ; Secretary, Marc Edmund Jones. The members of the Board of Control are: Flettie Gray Baker, Marc Edmund Jones, Russell E. Smith, F. McGrew Willis, Richard WilHs, William E. Wing, and Frank E. Woods.
The purposes of the league are :
To take every possible means of gaining recognition for the art of photoplay writing, and to gain better recognition for its authors.
To aid as far as possible in encouraging and developing a better grade of authorship for the photoplay.
To knit together in a compact, effective, and power