The romance of motion picture production (1920)

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Record Details:

Title:
The romance of motion picture production
Date:
1920
Publisher:
Los Angeles : Royal Publishing Company
Volume:
The romance of motion picture production
Leaf #:
00020
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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18 THE ROMANCE OF MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION Frank E. Woods, who is now supervising director of the Lasky organization, was one of the first dramatic critics in this country to take the silent drama seriously. He startled the theatrical world by publishing the first review of a motion picture drama in 1908. At that time Mr. Woods was editor and critic on the staff of the New York Dramatic Mirror, one of the oldest theatrical publications in America. This caused nothing short of a sensation in the theatrical ranks, because up to that time the regulars had looked upon the motion picture as a craze that would soon die out. Mr. Woods' cinema prophecy proved to be no idle boast for in a very short while other dramatic critics found themselves compelled to follow his lead. With this rapidly developing recognition by the press of the film drama as a potent factor in the amusement world, for which the thanks of producers are undoubtedly due Mr. Woods, our new industry progressed by leaps and bounds. Still the regulars were skeptical and up to that time the picture producers had been unable to induce any of the actors or actresses of prominence to join their ranks.