The photoplay; a psychological study (1916)

Record Details:

Title:
The photoplay; a psychological study
Date:
1916
Publisher:
New York [etc.] D. Appleton and company
Volume:
The photoplay; a psychological study
Leaf #:
00031
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Cornell University Library
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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THE PHOTOPLAY wiih instructive essays, scientific articles, or discussions of the events of the day, the pho- toplay is accompanied by a kinematoscopio rendering of reality in all its aspects. "What- ever in nature or in social life interests the human understanding or human curiosity comes to the mind of the spectator with an incomparable intensity when not a lifeless photograph but a moving picture brings it to the screen. The happenings of the day afford the most convenient material, as they offer the chance for constantly changing programmes and hence the ideal conditions for a novelty seek- ing public. No actors are needed; the dra- matic interest is furnished by the political and social importance of the events. In the early days when the great stages for the pro- duction of photoplays had not been built, the moving picture industry relied in a much' higher degree than today on this supply from the surrounding public life. But while the material was abimdant, it soon became rather iasipid to see parades and processions and orators, and even where the immediate inter- est seemed to give value to the pictures it was for the most part only a local interest and 23