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 #:
000454
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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of^cience 271 CHAPTER XIII Despite the apparently official announcement that the new Candler Theatre, dedicated May 7, 1914, is to be regularly operated as a legitimate playhouse, it is fair to state here that the enterprise is the natural aftermath of the remarkable success attending the Cines Kleine production of the photoplay, "Quo Vadis?" which exerted a greater influence in creating the present-day plethora of stage plays on the screen than any individual achievement of the camera man to this day. Yet "Quo Vadis?" singularly is the one erstwhile stage success to completely eclipse as a photoplay its theatrical vogue. Although "Quo Vadis?" brought George Kleine into the limelight with an impetus unprecedented in amusement history, his influence in the film industry had been recognized long before the era of photoplays was inaugurated, and he has always been insistent and uncompromising in his policies — never indicating in the least a desire to invest his capital in other than film enterprises. Yet, as is stated elsewhere in the volume, it would not be surprising — even in the near future — if the George Kleine type of film magnate were to un