The photoplay; a psychological study (1916)

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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 #:
000108
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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MEMORY AND IMAGINATION have to be produced and finally combined. But this cumbersome method has been fully accepted in moving picture making and the effect indeed somewhat symbolizes the ap- pearance and disappearance of a, reminis- cence. This scheme naturally opens wide perspec- tives. The skilful photoplaywright can com- municate to us long scenes and complicated developments of the past in the form of such retrospective pictures. The man who shot his best friend has not offered an explanation in the court trial which we witness. It re- mains a perfect secret to the town' and a mystery to the spectator; and now as the jail door closes behind him the walls of the prison fuse and melt away and we witness the scene in the little cottage where his friend secretly met his wife and how he broke in and how it all came about and how he rejected every excuse which would dishonor his home. The whole murder ®tory becomes embedded in the reappearance of his memory ideas. The effect is much less artistic when the photo- play, as not seldom happens, uses this pat- tern as a mere substitute for words. In the picturization of a Gaboriau story the woman 99