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 #:
000127
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 actor into a vulgar brute, but he will sift the Bowery until he has found some creature who looks as if he came from that mining camp and who has at least the prizefighter's cauli- flower ear which results from the smashing of the ear cartilage. If he needs the fat bar- tender with his smug smile, or the humble Jewish peddler, or the Italian organ grinder, he does not rely on wigs and paint; he finds them all ready-made on the East Side. With the right body and countenance the emotion is distinctly more credible. The emotional expression in the photoplays is therefore often more natural in the small roles which the outsiders play than in the chief parts of the professionals who feel that they must out- do nature. But our whole consideration so far has been onesided and narrow. We have asked only about the means by which the photoactor ex- presses his emotion, and we were naturally confined to the analysis of his bodily reac- tions. But while the human individual in our surroundings has hardly any other means than the bodily expressions to show his emo- tions and moods, the photoplaywright is cer- tainly not bound by these limits. Yet even 118