When the movies were young (1925)

Record Details:

Title:
When the movies were young
Date:
1925
Publisher:
New York : E. P. Dutton & Company
Volume:
When the movies were young
Leaf #:
000161
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion pictures--Biography
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
December 28, 2023
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CHAPTER XVII "pippa passes" filmed THERE was a f rictional feeling in our return to prosaic studio life after the glorious freedom of the country. But the new "projections" — the pictures that had been printed and assembled in our absence — would take the edge off and cheer us up some ; we were all a-thrill about seeing the first run of the pictures we had taken in the country; and we were eager about the picture we were to do next. During our absence we would have missed seeing not only our own releases but those of the other companies, which, our day's work finished, we used to try to catch up on. Mondays and Thursdays had come to be release days for Biograph pictures. Then at some theatres, came whole evenings devoted to them. On these occasions exhibitors would put a stand outside saying "Biograph Night." After the first showing it was a difficult job to locate a picture. From Tenth Avenue to Avenue A, we'd roam, and no matter how hot, stuffy, or dirty the place might be, we'd make the grade in time. "Pippa Passes," which was to make or unmake us, was all this time hanging fire. Mr. Griffith was getting an all star cast intact. The newly recruited James Kirkwood and Henry Walthall gave us two good men who, with Owen Moore and Arthur Johnson, were all the actors needed. For the women, there were Marion Leonard, Gertrude 127