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 #:
000268
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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given new art wish to put to a test the public's loyalty, let them continue to reveal the secrets of the film studio. Even now, the majority of film patrons know what they never should have discovered, namely, that the pictures are not taken consecutively. A year ago 95 per cent of the public which patronizes the nickel and dime theatres were kept in suspense by their ignorance of the very things revealed through "The Baited Trap" production, and as to what percentage of these millions of new theatregoers hold the illusion that photoplayers are superhuman or at least not merely human may quickly be learned if the country is flooded with such productions as "The Baited Trap." I would like to have Mr. Edison's views on this subject, and it is hoped I will be privileged to present them in this volume before issue. (Note). — Mr. Edison's response to my letter was as follows: "I certainly believe that such exhibitions are ill advised and harmful to the industry as a whole; moreover, if persisted in, they will sound a retrograde movement."