The Motion Picture Director (Sep 1925 - Feb 1926)

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Record Details:

Title:
The Motion Picture Director
Date:
Sep 1925 - Feb 1926
Author:
Director Publishing Corp.
Volume:
The Motion Picture Director (1925-1926)
Leaf #:
000104
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
May 30, 2024
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42 ©irector November Off Screen tSSS Personalities EVERY once in a while, Fate gets the man, the job and the opportunity together. Then things happen. The stage was set for one of these rare occasions one afternoon eight years ago j when a rather harrassed young man walked into what was then the Paralta Studios at Mel rose Avenue and Van Ness. Just ahead of the young man came a formidable looking person wearing a sheriff’s badge. The young man didn’t know it, but his destiny, as well as that of the motion pictures, was tied up with this coincidental entry. “I’d like to see the head of the studio,” said the young man. "That's him talking to the sheriff,” replied a workman, gloomily. The young man was interested. He had come to the studio with the idea of producing a picture and, if there was a sheriff in the offing, he wanted to know what it was about. It didn’t take long to secure the information. The studio head had taken over the Paralta three days before, on very favorable terms. He had just learned why the terms were favorable. The studio was head over heels in debt, and the sheriff