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 #:
00033
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 America liad never given sucla a large share of interest to this rival of the newspaper. It is claimed that the producers in America dis- liked these topical pictures because the acci- dental character of the events makes the pro- duction irregular and interferes too much with the steady preparation of the photo- plays. Only when the war broke out, the great wave of exciteinent swept away this apathy. The pictures from the trenches, the marches of the troops, the life of the pris- oners, the movements of the leaders, the busy life behind the front, and the action of the big guns absorbed the popular interest in every comer of the world. While the pictur- esque old-time war reporter has almost dis- appeared, the moving picture man has inher- ited all his courage, patience, sensationalism, and spirit of adventure. A greater photographic achievement, how- ever, than the picturing of the social and his- toric events was the marvelous success of the kinematograph with the life of nature. No explorer in recent years has crossed distant lands and seas without a kinematographic outfit. We suddenly looked into the most intimate life of the African wilderness. There 24