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 #:
000214
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 DEMANDS OF THE PHOTOPLAY not tell a part of tte plot and does not replace the picture as words would do, but simply re- enforces the emotional setting. It is quite probable, when the photoplay art has found its esthetic recognition, that composers will begin to write the musical score for a beau- tiful photoplay with the same enthusiasm with which they write in other musical forms. Just between the intolerable accompaniment by printed or spoken words on the one side and the perfectly welcome rendering of emo- tionally fitting music on the other, we find the noises with which the photoplay managers like to accompany their performances. When the horses gallop, we must hear the hoofbeats, if rain or hail is falling, if the lightning flashes, we hear the splashing or the thunder- storm. We hear the firing of a gun, the whis- tling of a locomotive, ships' bells, or the ambu- lance gong, or the barking dog, or the noise when Charlie Chaplin falls downstairs. They even have a complicated machine, the "alle- fex," which can produce over fifty distinctive noises, fit for any photoplay emergency. It will probably take longer to rid the photo- play of these appeals to the imagination than the explanations of the leaders, but ultimately 305