Modern photoplay writing, its craftsmanship; a manual demonstrating the structural and dramatic principles of the new art as paracticed by the modern photoplaywright (1922)

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Title:
Modern photoplay writing, its craftsmanship; a manual demonstrating the structural and dramatic principles of the new art as paracticed by the modern photoplaywright
Date:
1922
Publisher:
Franklin, O. : J. K. Reeve
Volume:
Modern photoplay writing, its craftsmanship; a manual demonstrating the structural and dramatic principles of the new art as paracticed by the modern photoplaywright
Leaf #:
00014
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
University of California Libraries
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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Modern Photoplay Writing Its Craftsmanship BOOK ONE CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY The rise of the photoplay in the past decade to the position of an individual ART — related to the drama in structure but unique upon its pictorial side — was foreseen by those who followed its mutations from the period of inception. From the point of view of the screen author the change in attitude of those who control the industry toward the contributor of screenable stories has undergone a complete cycle, ranging from the day of borrowed material, rehashed from standard literature by some studio hireling, to the day of the original photoplay written directly for the screen by an author whose importance is recog- nized. No other allied art can cite a growth more revolutional, although no other allied art exhibited in its early history a greater contempt for the author and his stock in trade. There were those who foresaw this change presaged in the years when "ideas" were desired by the producing companies, when the sum of twenty dollars was regarded as fair return for an "idea;" and we watched the flickering variations through the period when the star was considered