Pictorial beauty on the screen (1923)

Record Details:

Title:
Pictorial beauty on the screen
Date:
1923
Publisher:
New York : The Macmillan Company
Volume:
Pictorial beauty on the screen
Leaf #:
00013
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
December 14, 2023
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PREFATORY NOTE By Rex Ingram, Director of the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse/' "Scaramouche" etc., etc. In this volume Dr. Freeburg contends that in order to be classified among the Arts, the Cinema must become something more than a series of clear photographs of things in motion. In other words, a motion picture must be composed of scenes that have certain pictorial qualifications, such as form, composition, and a proper distribution of light and shade. It is chiefly according to the degree in which these qualities are present in a picture, that it can register the full effectiveness of its drama, characterizations and atmosphere. Dr. Freeburg handles his subject clearly and comprehensively, and I know that the majority who read this book will gain a great deal more enjoyment than previously from productions of the calibre of "Broken Blossoms," "Dr. Caligari," "Blind Husbands," "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," "Nanook of the North," and films more numerous than I can mention by such picture makers as Messrs. Griffith, Seastrom, Tourneur, Von Stroheim and Lubitsch. Rex Ingram. August 5th, 1923. vii