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 #:
00030
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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CHAPTEE II THE INNEB DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOVING PICTUBES It was indeed not an external technical ad- yance only which led from Edison's half a minute show of the little boy who turns on the hose to the "Daughter of Neptime," or "Quo Vadis," or" Cabiria," and many an- other performance which fills an evening. iThe advance was first of all internal; it was an esthetic idea. Yet even this does not teU the whole story of the inner growth of the moving pictures, as it points only to the pro- , gress of the photoplay. It leaves out of ac- count the fact that the moving pictures ap- peal not merely to the imagination, but that they bring their message also to the iuteUeet. (They aim toward instruction and informa- tion. Just as between the two covers of a magazine artistic stories stand side by side 21