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MOTION PICTURE MAGAZINE 183
Amateur Scenario Writers Win Great Victory!
One of the Leading and Oldest Scenario Editors in the Business Tells of the Downfall of Inner Official Favoritism in a Series of A rticles Entitled
The Confessions of a Scenario Editor
This series was written exclusively for He will lead you, hurriedly, through the
PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE and will unnumbered thousands of unavailable
be published only in its pages. stories which he had to read.
The first installment of the series will He wil1 give y°u * glimpse into the
appear in the August number. President's office from whence the check
. is sent out to the author.
In a sensational revelation this virile, Re ^ teU aU about „stoIen .^
fighting editor, seasoned by long experience and m the curtaJns of secrecy from hjs
in the game, will tell of some inner own private sanctum.
workings and secret chamber doings." He will show you how far "favoritism"
He will tell also of the mistakes of some goes in the offices of some companies and
and the successes of others. how he curbed it in his own office.
He will tell you how one " big Photoplay Star" refused to "put on" a play unless the poster gave him credit for writing the story when it had come from the mind of a little Kentucky girl.
He will tell you how he "broke into the thousand dollars from the manager of one
game" and his own setbacks; how he got film company if he would become Editor
the idea for some of his masterpieces. and "swipe" the ideas of amateur writers,
tt mi i u i because, the manager said, It is cheaper
He W.U show you how plays are put on. tQ .^ ^ .^% \{ freg jancers thJtQ
He will go into the innermost sections put a vaiue on a script or pay according to
of the studios and the editor's and direc its value."
tor's management; and tell you of the He will go further. He will tell you how that
stories that have been made big winners manager was put out of business and how
solely through projection and photography. the film business from the scenario writers'
He will tell you how he refused one standpoint has been lifted to a higher plane.
This story is the first "inside view" of the private office, editorial department and directors' consultation "corner." It may be sensational, but it will be a revelation !
First installment in
August Photoplay Magazine
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