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A practical manual of screen playwriting : for theater and television films (1952)

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Title:
A practical manual of screen playwriting : for theater and television films
Date:
1952
Publisher:
Cleveland : The World Publishing Company
Volume:
A practical manual of screen playwriting : for theater and television films
Leaf #:
000240
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
May 15, 2025
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208 A PRACTICAL MANUAL OF SCREEN PLAYWRITING When the question is followed by another question which calls for still another answer, the effect is that of pyramiding the hook device, as in: BESS Are you really upset about me? KARL No! why should I be? BESS Well— I just thought you would— a little, at least. An ideal place to use the dialogue hook can come with groping, unfinished speech, as in: HELENE (groping) It's hard to explain, mother, it's . . . well . . . MOTHER (with a smile) The measles? HELENE (still groping) Oh, no, mother! It's . . . oh . . . MOTHER It's love, dear. I know all the symptoms. A line of speech that is in agreement, or in disagreement, with a preceding line, will serve ideally as a dialogue hook, as in: BLACKY I was a damn fool, sheriff!