"How I did it," ([c1922])

Record Details:

Title:
"How I did it,"
Date:
[c1922]
Publisher:
Los Angeles, Calif. : The Whittingham press
Volume:
"How I did it,"
Leaf #:
00035
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
University of California Libraries
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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"How I Did /t" with the suffering and sacrificing that they progressed, and that it was the gaining that gave them pleasure, perhaps even more than the attainment. The cry of the producer today is: "Give me an original story! . . . I'm sick of books and plays!" A few months ago a screen author sub- mitted a story to a well-known producer. The producer read it and accepted it. After- wards he stated that at the same time he pur- chased this story he refused a script written by a well-known playwright. According to the producer, the playwright had refused to take the screen seriously and had written a very poor story, which revealed lack of care and study in its preparation. He felt con- vinced that he would be able to sell the story on the strength of his reputation. But he must have been greatly surprised when the story was returned to him. Producers are not buying reputations any more. They've been stung too often. The playwright's story had been told in three typewritten pages, while the story written by the screen author was on fifty 14