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 #:
000183
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 form which the Greeks created and which from Greece has spread over Asia, Europe, and America. In tragedy and in comedy from ancient times to Ibsen, Eostand, Haupt- mann, and Shaw we recognize one common purpose and one common form for which no further commentary is needed. How does the photoplay differ from a theater perform- ance? We insisted that every work of art must be somehow separated from our sphere of practical interests. The theater is no ex- ception. The structure of the theater itself, the framelike form of the stage, the differ- ence of light between stage and house, the stage setting and costuming, aU inhibit in the audience the possibility of taking the action on the stage to be real life. Stage managers have sometimes tried the experi- ment of reducing those differences, for in- stance, keeping the audience also in a fully lighted hall, and they always had to discover how much the dramatic effect was reduced because the feeling of distance from reality was weakened. The photoplay and the theater in this respect are evidently alike. The screen too suggests from the very start the complete unreality of the events. 174