Motion Picture Magazine (Feb-Jul 1919)

WR^SIS^ ~iiow can I succeed as a scenario wiifeif KATE C0RBAU3Y No need to tell you about the famine in photoplays— the top prices ($100 to $1000) producers are paying for acceptable plots — and how eager they are to encourage Palmertrained writers. "That's all right in its way," you say, "but what I want to know is this : How will the Palmer Plan help me? What has it done for others like me?" A natural question — and an ample answer ! The Palmer Plan is really helping men and women to put their "movie" ideas into actual, cashable form — as witness these typical examples : From an obscure clerical position to Assistant Managing Editor of one of the largest film companies at a salary beyond his dreams — this is what Vernon Hoagland has accomplished through the Palmer Plan. He says : "Words cannot express my gratitude at the benefits I have received through the Palmer Photoplay Institute. It offers the greatest possible assistance to the struggling scenario writer." Then — there's Mrs. Kate Corbaley, another of our members, who averages more than $200 monthly through the sale of photoplay plots. Mrs. Corbaley is the woman who won the $1000 scenario prize offered by "Triangle." She is a busy housewife, with four children to look after, and yet she manages to turn her spare time "movie" ideas into money. So why can't you ? And here's still another instance — but we'll let Maurice Salzman tell the story in his own words: "Shortly after enrolling as a student of your institution I wrote a story and continuity that met with approval. This story was immediately produced. The reception given the finished film was sufficient to assure me that your Plan of photoplay instruction — together with your Personal Advisory Service — will produce the desired result." Remember — no scenario institution in the country is equipped to give you the firsthand instruction, the personal "coaching" you get through our Personal Advisory Service Bureau. For this Department is' under the personal direction of Frederick Palmer — a recognized master of photoplay construction — the man who in 9 months wrote 52 scenarios for "Universal." . . And all this, mind you, is only one of the practical advantages brought home to you by the Palmer Plan of — the only plan of photoplay instruction that has received the indorsement and recognition of the motion picture industry. The Palmer Plan is NOT a mere book that gives you a few "hints" on photoplay writing and then leaves you In the lurch; nor is it a "scenario school" nor a tedious correspondence course. It is a definite, clean-cut plan that shows you how to develop your "movie" plots into actual, usable photoplay material. Today— send for your copy of our new illustrated booklet. 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