The photoplay; a psychological study (1916)

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Title:
The photoplay; a psychological study
Date:
1916
Publisher:
New York [etc.] D. Appleton and company
Volume:
The photoplay; a psychological study
Leaf #:
00012
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Cornell University Library
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
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Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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THE PHOTOPLAY CHAPTER I THE OXJTEB DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOVING PICTUEES It is arbitrary to say where the develop- ment of the moving pictures began and it is impossible to foresee where it will lead. What invention marked the beginning? "Was it the first device to introduce movement into the pictures on a screen? Or did the develop- ment begin with the first photographing of various phases of moving objects? Or did it start with the first presentation of suc- cessive pictures at such a speed that the im- pression of movement resulted? Or was the birthday of the new art when the experiment- ers for the first time succeeded in projecting such rapidly passing pictures on a wall? If we think of the moving pictures as a source of entertainment and esthetic enjoyment, we may see the germ in that camera obscura