"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 #:
000183
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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CHAPTER IX. ADAPTATIONS In a recent issue of one of America's most popular periodicals there appeared an article on moving pictures which should interest every individual who is endeavoring to be- come a photodramatist. It said, in part: "The next important evolution in the mo- tion picture industry will be a marked ad- vance in the quality of the stories filmed. Scenario writing is the most experimental and undeveloped end of the business. The pic- ture producers are aware that an art which is a copy is never as good as a copy of Nature. For this reason they are looking forward to the day when original stories will be the thing."" That day has already arrived. The pro- ducer admits today that the original story is the thing. He will confess he has had his fill of adaptations of books and plays, which, in order to make screen material, have been 124