Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1920)

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lOO Photoplay Magazine — Advertising Section A New Art is Calling to People With Story-Ideas Motion picture producers and stars are searching the country for new, workable story-ideas. Never before in the history of the industry has such a demand for storyplots confronted them. New writers must be developed if the industry is to survive. Learn how you can now write for the screen. G. Leroi Clarke After stuciyiriK the Palmer Plan of Photoplay Writing ho sold his first story for $3,000. Mr. Clarke was formerly a minister. A Fa mine Mrs. Caroline Sayre Wrote the pliotifplay "Live Sp-iirks" for J, Warren Kerrigan, one of scores ■uf new writers we are developing by correspondenr.e instruction.. In Photoplays 5000 New Motion Picture Stories Wanted Somewhere in America this ye^r, scores of new motion picture writers will be developed. (For the motion picture industry must have a continuous supply of good, new story-ideas if it is to survive.) Most of these new photoplaywrights will be men and women who never wrote a line for publication. They will be people with good ideas for stories, who are willing, during spare hours, to learn how picture directors want their plots laid out. Producers will pay them $100 to $500 each for clever comedies; $250 to $2,000 for five-reel dramatic scripts. In Two Short Years It was a little ovex two years ago when the famine in story-plots first became acute. Public taste changed. Play-goers began to demand real stories. Plenty of manuscripts were being submitted, but most were unsuitable. For writers did not know how to adapt their stories for the screen. Few could come to Los Angeles to learn. A plan for home study had to be devised. Frederick Palmer (formerly staff writer of Keystone, Fox, Triangle and Universal), finally assembled a corps of experts who built a plan of study which new writers could master through correspondence. The Palmer Course and service have now been indorsed by practically every big star and producer. In two short years we have developed dozens of new writers. We are. proud of the records they have made, and we prefer to let them speak for us. A Co-operative Plan — Not a Tedious Course Our business is to take people who have ideas for stories and teach them by correspondence how to construct them in a way that meets a motion picture producer's requirements. We furnish you trie Palmer Handbook, with cross refe.rences to three stories already successfully produced. The scenarios come to you exactly as used by the directors. Also a glossary of studio terms and phrases, such as "Iris," "Lap Dissolve," etc. In short, we bring the studio to vou. Our Advisory Service Bureau gives you personal, constructive criticisms of your manuscripts — free and unlimited for one year. Criticisms come only from, men experienced in studio .'itaff writing. Special Contributors Twelve leMding figure,s in the motion picture industry have contributed special articles to the Palmer Course. These printed lectures cover every phase of motion picture production. Among others, these special contributors include: Frank Lloyd and Clarence Badger, Goldwyn directors; Jeanie MacPherson, noted Lasky scenario writer; Col. Jasper Ewing Brady, of Metro's scenario staff; Denison Clift, Fox scenario edi Advisory Council Back of the Palmer Plan, directing this work in developing new writers, is an advisory council composed of the biggest figures in the industry. It includes Cecil B. De Mille, DirectorGeneral of Famous Players-Lasky Corporation; Thomas H. Ince, head of the Thomas H. Ince Studios; Lois Weber, America's greatest woman producer and director ; Rob Wagner, well-known motion picture writer for the Saturday Evening Post. tor; George Beban, celebrated actor and producer; Al E. Christie, president Christie Film Co. ; Hugh McClung, expert cinematographer, etc., etc. Our Marketing Bureau is headed by Mrs. Kate Corbaley, formerly photoplaywright for Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew. In constant touch with the studios, she knows their needs, so that when our members so desire, we submit their stories in person for them. Thus we not only train you to write ; we help you to sell your storyideas. $3,000 for One Story Plot Our members come from all walks of life — mothers with children to support, school teachers, clerks, newspaper men, ministers, business men, successful fiction writers. In short, we have proven that anyone with an average imagination and story-ideas can write, successful photoplays once he is trained. One student, G. Leroi Clark, formerly a minister, sold his first photoplay story for $3,000. The recent success of Douglas Fairbanks, "His Majesty the American," and the play "Live Sparks," in which J. Warren Kerrigan lately starred, were both written by Palmer students. Many students now hold staff positions, four in one studio .n'one. We have prepared a booklet, "The Secret of Successful Photoplay Writing," which will inform you of the Palmer Course and service in greater detail. If you desire to consider the unusual opportunity in this new field of art seriously — this booklet will be mailed to you free. At Least Investigate For there is one peculiar thing to consider in the Palmer Plan. One single successful effort immediately repays you for your work. Not all our members begin to sell photoplays at once — naturally. But most of them do begin to show returns within a few months. If seriously interested, mail the coupon. PALMER PHOTOPLAY CORPORATION. Department of Education, 536 I. W. Hellman BlJg., Los Angeles, Cat,. ■ ■■■■■■■■■•■■••• ■ Palmer Photoplay Corporation • Department of Education. ■ 536 I. W. Hellman Building, ■ J-os Angeles, California ■ Pleasefiendrae.withoutobligation, vournew • book. "The Secret of Successful P'hotophiy B Writing." Also "Proof Positive," contjiining • Success Stories of many Palmer members, etc. • ■ Name ■ S Address ■ ! CITT ■ • State What Motion Pictures Mean to Me (Continued from page 78 J my own wit and sense of humor; they are a cure for satisfying my ever alarming wanderlust nature, and spirit of adventure. And then, motion pictures, in making others happier, in refreshing and interesting tired minds, in educating the unfortunate ones, in helping to ease heartbroken mothers, in making little tow heads chuckle and old grey heads shed tears, and in uplifting and restoring weary souls in general, make me happier, because — / love Mankind. Celeste Hunter, Box ,430, A. C. W., Greensboro, N. Carolina. A Future of Dreams to a Tired Husband Second Prize TO sit in a cozy chair, lie back and with closed eyes let my thoughts wander back over the past, with its joys and sorrows, just as my forefathers used to do, is very relaxing after a strenuous day, but it requires a certain amount of concentration, and, as a usual thing ends up with "Joe! go to bed — You are snoring horribly," from my wife. To sit in a cozy chair with wide open eyes, see somebody else's thoughts wander back and forth over somebody else's actions, which coincide and dovetail with my own — all this in vivid li^e-like motion pictures accompanied by appropriate music from a good orchestra — what a comparison ! To one of my temperament, inclined to give my imagination full play at all times, the motion picture is the elixir of life. It means the lengthening of life to two or three times more than its usual span. It requires no concentration and no effort of the imagination. I look with wide open eyes, as a child, and not as the "wise guy" who can see the photographer turning the handle all the time, and who knows all about makeup, lighting effect, and fake scenery. He does not know enough not to know anything. The pleasures of anticipation, of realization and reflection, are all there. Moving pictures mean this much to me — that without them I should have to look forward to a life of empty dreams all with the same sad ending "joe! go to bed — You are snoring horribly." Joseph B. Ross, S Chelsea Bank Apartments, 1315 Atlantic Avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. A Mother of Four Finds Courage at the Movies Third Prize DO you ask me what motion pictures mean to me? Well, then, I shall endeavor to answer. But I am afraid words can't fully express their value. They mean rest to my tired body and comfort to my troubled soul. They drive away cares and renew my hopes. I am the mother of four children. We are loo poor to hire help, so I am obliged to run both the day and night shift of the home. During the day I am wash-woman, scrubwoman, cook, dish-washer, seamstress, nursemaid and many other things too numerous to mention. Then nlfht comes and still my work isn't ended, for a good share of my time I am giving soothing syrup, greasing the croup and calming fears. When I think I have things quieted and I can rest, some baby's shriek announces the dreamman with his mad-cows, lions, monkeys and bears. I have to trot myself out of bed, light the lamp, and waltz through the house to make sure the dreamman has gone. i t Every advertisement in PHOTOPLAY MAGAZINE is guaranteed.