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1724 Albert E. Smith, Direct Examination.
at about this time we dispose of, in Europe, about twice as much as — more than twice as much as we dispose of in this country.
Q. In what countries do you dispose of most of the pictures abroad? A. We sell to all the world.
Q. Do you sell to South America? A. South America.
Q. Australia? A. Australia. Kussia. We have an office in London and an office in Paris. We have agencies in Berlin, Barcelona, Milan, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Rio Janeiro, South Africa, and Australia.
Q. In the present condition of the motion picture art, upon what does the manufacturers' success depend? A. First upon a good story. On the merit of the story. Second, on the merit of the production, which means the cleverness with which the story is told in pictures, so as to make it understandable to the spectator. Thirdly, upon the acting or interpretation by the actors and actresses of their different parts, and, last, upon its mechanical excellence from a photographic and mechanical standpoint.
Q. What is a scenario? A. A scenario is practically a play. It is a moving picture play. It is very similar to a manuscript, such as is written for a play, such as is produced upon the stage.
Q. Are you constantly on the lookout to obtain good scenarios? A. We are always in the market for the best that can be bought, at any price.
Q. What range of prices is covered in purchasing scenarios? A. The prices run from $10 to $10,000. When it gets up into those figures, there is usually an arrangement made on a royalty basis, whereby the owner of the play or of the book, as is the case with us, in the arrangements we have made with Hall Caine, the writer of "The Christian"— there is a royalty basis of so much from all the money earned in the theatre by the exhibition of the picture.
Q. Do you recall the names of some prominent authors whose books, novels, works or plays, have been adapted to the motion picture art within the last year? A. We are now making "The Christian," by Hall Caine. "Mr. Barnes of New York," by Archibald Clavering Gunter. We have made stories from the pen of George Randolph Chester, the writer of the "Get-Rich-Quick AVallingford" stories, and