The Motion Picture Director (Sep 1925 - Feb 1926)

Page scan 000163 from The Motion Picture Director

Record Details:

Title:
The Motion Picture Director
Date:
Sep 1925 - Feb 1926
Author:
Director Publishing Corp.
Volume:
The Motion Picture Director (1925-1926)
Leaf #:
000163
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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7 9 26 THE MOTION PICTURE DIRECTOR 33 “THE MIDNIGHT SUN” little ballerino in the Russian opera (played by Laura La Plante) reaches one of its dramatic peaks in the ballerino’s first appearance in a premiere role. It was to give this feature of the story a proper setting that the Ballet of Jewels was planned. Several suggestions were offered for the particular treatment, but were discarded in favor of the more brilliant spectacle as finally conceived. In planning the ballet full cognizance had to be taken of the limitations of the screen which, strangely enough, in this particular instance, are greater than those of the stage, and several suggestions had to be abandoned for that reason. (Continued on Page 66) Below — Black Diamond, the contrasting note in a kaleidescope of color. This is the evolution of the sketch Miss O’Neill is holding on the opposite page. Left Center — Diamond, with accompanying sketch. Right — The Ring Girl. Center — the ensemble of the Ballet of Jewels in the Grotto of Gems.