Motion Picture Classic (May 1921 - Dec 1927)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Classic
Date:
May 1921 - Dec 1927
Author:
Brewster Publications, Inc.
Volume:
Motion Picture Classic (1921-1927)
Leaf #:
000440
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema, Fan Magazines, and Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
First issue in 1915; absorbed Shadowland in November 1923; became Movie Classic in September 1931. -- Anne Helen Petersen, 2013. Secondary sources consulted: Inside the Hollywood Fan Magazine by Anthony Slide and MovieMags.com.
Date Added:
September 21, 2023
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The Forsaken Field Photographic reproductions © by Hazelstein Bros. Hugo Ballin is best known to our readers as a motion picture director. However, he had acquired a distinct reputation as an artist before he ever saw a movie. He was student and instructor at the New York Art Students’ League for many years. He has been the recipient of numerous awards in artistic circles for the greatest variety of subjects. In two years Mr. Ballin placed thirty-six mural decorations, lasting memorials to his indefatigable artistry. It is somewhat surprising therefore, that a man who had reached the enviable position that Hugo Ballin held should have forsaken this exalted field for the humble movies SUSANNA AND THE ELDERS AN EVENING SONG When asked why he switched from painting to motion pictures, Mr. Ballin said: “One reason was to let people know what I was doing. You have to drag folks in to see a painting, even a good painting. As a rule they’ll come to see a motion picture without being dragged to it, and pay for the sight. A painting has to be sold. A motion picture will sell itself.” His three latest pictures for the screen — in which his wife, Mabel Ballin, starred — were “East Lynne,” “Jane Eyre,” and “Married People.” In “Jane Eyre,” the artist touch is unmistakable ♦ I i 'Thirty-c'ghtV