"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 #:
000184
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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Adaptations distorted and twisted and turned until they could hardly be recognized. The producer will further admit that he has made these adaptations against his better judgment. The public demanded them. In the future, the majority of photoplays will be made from original scripts, written by photodramatists who know their screen and its technique. When Mary Pickford and Douglas Fair- banks returned from Europe, the Screen Writer's Guild gave a dinner in their honor one evening which was attended by nearly all the screen authors in Los Angeles and Holly- wood. After the dinner was over, Mary made a very interesting talk. She announced that she was through with adaptations of books and plays, and that henceforth she wanted tailor-made stories, written especially for her by authors who know their screen. This statement was a radical departure from her attitude in the past. For those who have been writing for the screen have always realized that she preferred books and plays which had been popularized before they were made into pictures. A year or two ago she