The seven deadly sins of Hollywood (1957)

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Record Details:

Title:
The seven deadly sins of Hollywood
Date:
1957
Publisher:
London : Oldbourne Press
Volume:
The seven deadly sins of Hollywood
Leaf #:
000221
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:
August 29, 2024
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THE WRITER AND HOLLYWOOD Hollywood. Well, first of all, the writer is usually by nature a derisive person. Secondly, he is bound to feel slighted in Hollywood. If he is working on a film, it is very likely that the stars will not know his name; the producer will refer to him as "my writer" or, even worse, "one of my writers" — and anyone and everyone connected with the film will feel at liberty to alter what he has written. Hollywood will appear to be callously insensitive to his sensitive prose; actors will only be interested in getting lines that give them an opportunity of displaying their own talents; and he, the writer, will be treated as the most expendable person on the whole production. People will think him mad if he points out peevishly that without him there would be no film. The reason the writer gets this sort of treatment is because he has no assessable box-office pull — it is impossible to judge how many customers he brought into the cinema. And Hollywood is a place where the amount of respect shown you depends on the amount of money you bring into the box-office. It is scarcely surprising, then, that writers should hit back at Hollywood. 199