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 #:
00041
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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CHAPTER TWO A NEW FORM OF THEATER I HE MANUFACTURERS o£ "raw stock" (unexposed negative and positive film), made their product primarily for amateur still cameras; motion photography remained an incident in their affairs for some time. The fifty-foot length established by the peep-shows was still being used, and the raw stock makers did not quickly provide laboratory equipment for longer strips. George Kleine places the achievement of long pictures — two hundred and fifty feet, or three to four minutes of exhibition — in 1900. Several producers immediately moved to the longer form, and material changes in screen shows took place. Novel and ingenious incidents and events began to give way to pictures in which slender themes appeared, not constituting a real story, but marking a noteworthy advance in film technique. Street scenes, railroad trains, dancing, parades, were supplemented by storyettes: employer flirting with stenographer — kisses her — wife enters office and creates disturbance Dignified man strolling in garden with young lady, budding romance destroyed as man steps on hose which turns upward and splashes water in his face Magical pictures, produced by the double exposure of films, and other photographic tricks Automobile races Longer views of prize fights Slight as these changes seem, they required expansion of screen 29