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 #:
000361
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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206 CJ)c Cfieatre CHAPTER X There is no more interesting phase of moving-picture progress than that which has to do with the changes it has wrought in the careers of many stage workers, some of whom entered the film studio with such reluctancy that instances of changing names to conceal identity were common. As a rule, however, those who have become celebrated in picturedom demonstrated their qualifications for the new art almost instanter. The period from 1908 to 1911 — red-letter years — witnessed a general stampede of the studios by stage folk bent upon conquest. In those years what were then called the "Independents" attracted the idle actors to their studios by the tales that were prevalent on New York's "Rialto" of a new Mecca for Thespian talent. The three studios most stampeded were the "Imp," in West 101st Street; "Powers Picture Plays," in The Bronx; and Edwin Thanhouser's, in New Rochelle. Of these, "Imp" has had the distinction of creating an abundance of stellar timber among its players, while some of the directors who produced the first "Imp" photoplays have achieved great renown, and this is not surprising when it is stated that such directors as Otis Turner, Giles Warren, Frederick Thompson, and