A history of the movies (1931)

Record Details:

Title:
A history of the movies
Date:
1931
Publisher:
New York : Covici, Friede Inc.
Volume:
A history of the movies
Leaf #:
00010
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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PREFACE At the end of four years I had produced a manuscript of approximately 300,000 words. The editorial board of one publishing house to whom it had been submitted suggested presenting it in three volumes! The mere thought of three volumes disheartened me so thoroughly that the manuscript was retired to my shelves. Then Harry Block, an editor who had read portions of the manuscript, returned from a year's absence abroad. He rescued the book from my library shelves, read it, and generously offered to assist me in reducing it to one-volume length. Thanks to him that work has been done. Without his enthusiasm, intelligence, and skill, I do not believe that the book could ever have been completed. The list of those to whom I am indebted for help in gathering my material is too long to be included, but to them all I am deeply grateful. I am particularly indebted to James R. Quirk and the staff of Photoplay for many of the illustrations which they have generously loaned from their files, and to Will H. Hays, Maurice McKenzie, and Frank J. Wilstach, for obtaining the cooperation of many members of the motion picture industry in the considerable task of finding many rare and valuable pictures. B. B. H.