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 #:
000434
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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0 f ^ c I e n c e 257 in the least. If anything is to be noted in this respect it is an increase in public interest in the latter. e^ €^ eEi> In the film studio the director and the scenario editor are the all-important factors, and like the photoplayers, to becom.e famous, the greater number of directors, to achieve renown, have not had notable careers as stage managers, though it is significant that the stock company of the type in vogue between seasons has contributed not a few of the gentlemen who are to-day doing the big things in film production. One must observe the frequency of the Christian name Lawrence in studio activities. At the moment the following come to my mind : Lawrence McGill, Lawrence MacCloskey, Lawrence (D. W.) Griffith, Laurence Trimble, Lawrence Marston and Laurence Sayre, and these represent as a whole much of the artistic development of the photoplay. This is so true that the term or nickname "Larry" is one heard in filmdom at every turn. All of the Proctor stage managers of the period when the Proctor stock companies were famous, are firmly entrenched in the film studios. Barry O'Neill (Lubin); Lawrence Marston (Biograph) ; Frederick Thompson (Vitagraph), and Will H. Gregory (Biograph) are all former Proctor stage managers, and they have made their impress in the new field permanent and emphatic. J. Searle Dawley has directed the m.ajority of the notable photoplay productions of the Famous Players' Film Company. Recently the writer was privileged to witness no less than six of this company's