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The Story Is Selected
is attuned to music. Another is keenly sensitive to strong, direct, melodramatic conflict. Another, his lips often curling up at the ends, has an irresponsible sense of humor, an immediate instinct for the comic. Another, dapper, exceedingly well-groomed, of Continental background, knows best the stories of a sophisticated kind. Another revels in complicated mystery stories.
Discussion of each story immediately follows the conference. Each man raises points from the background of his special field. Out of this general conversation surprising things may evolve. A story originally considered tragic may develop an overwhelmingly comic slant. And one believed quite sophisticated may prove to have its best values resting on a solid, homespun, realistic basis.
Results seem to have proven the efficacy of making verbal decisions concerning the drama. This system has produced in the past a variety of pictures such as Grand Hotel, Trader Horn, The Thin Man, Naughty Marietta, and many others, all of which have been successful.
After tentative selections are made of possible stories, each associate producer discusses them with his directors and with the stars best suited for the principal roles. If all are satisfied, negotiations for the purchase of the stories begin.
The process of story selection may require months, but competition for the more popular properties sometimes assumes the speed and excitement of a thrilling horse race. When it is known that several companies covet a certain story or play, action comes quickly. De
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