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MOTION PICTURE MAGAZINE
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by Elbert Moore
former Scenario Editor of one of World's largest companies.
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There is a great chance for profit in this new and fascinating profession. New prize contests are continually being announced.] I myself am conducting a contest, with prizes totaling over $250, for the best photoplay written by my method. One of my prizes is for $100 cash, and the photoplay winning this prize will beSproduced by the United Photoplays Company as a feature. Besides the prizes given by myself and the producing companies, there there is always a market for good photoplays, at $10 to $100 each. / absolutely guarantee you at least $ 1 0 for the first photoplay you write after taking my few easy lessons. This means you. You can learn this most interesting and profitable of professions at home in odd hours. Previous experience is not necessary. Writing photoplays enables those who lack the literary experience necessary for writing novels or stage plays to express the strong and original ideas which many of them possess. My method of teaching is the only I one recommended by persons high in the motion picture
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