Making the Movies (Google eBook)

Ernest Alfred Dench

Macmillan, 1919 - Motion pictures - 177 pages

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Contents

• CHAPTER PAGE I PUTTING ON A PHOTOPLAY: 1
• Do THE PHOTOPLAYERS HAVE AN UNDER STUDY?: 9
• EYESIGHT DAMAGE CAUSED THROUGH THE MOTION PICTURE ARCS: 12
• Do THE PLAYERS DRINK INTOXICANTS IN MOTION PICTURES?: 15
• THOSE TROUBLESOME CHILD PLAYERS: 19
• HIRING PLAYERS FREE FOR THE MOVIES: 23
• MOVIE STARS WHO RISK THEIR LIVES FOR REALISTIC FILMS: 27
• MOTION PICTURE MAKING TOWNS AND ESTATES: 33
• UTILISING COUNTRY ESTATES FOR MOTION PICTURE PLAYS: 38
• How RAILROAD PHOTOPLAYS ARE MADE: 44
• PUTTING THE THRILLS IN RAILROAD MOVIE DRAMAS: 49
• MAKING MARINE DRAMAS FOR THE MOVIES: 53
• How FIRE FILMS ARE TAKEN: 58
• USING AUTOS IN THE MOVIES: 61
• UNDERGROUND WITH A MOVIE CAMERA: 64
• AVIATION IN THE MOVIES: 66
• FILMING EARTHQUAKESBEFORE AND AFTER: 70
• CHAPTER PAGE XVIII PRODUCING A BIBLICAL MOTION PICTURE: 75
• CONTROLLING WILD ANIMALS ON THE FILM: 80
• WHY NAVAL MOVIES ARE so SCARCE: 84
• PRESENTING CAFES AND HOTELS IN MO TION PICTURES: 87
• THE DANGERS OF EMPLOYING REDSKINS AS MOVIE ACTORS: 92
• MUSICAL MATTERS IN MOTION PICTURE PRODUCING: 95
• How TRICK PHOTOPLAYS ARE PRODUCED: 100
• REEL MONEY MATTERS: 106
• THE IRREGULARS OF FILMDOM: 110
• TAKING EXTERIORS BY NIGHT: 113
• EXPLORING BY MOTION PICTURES: 117
• How MICROBES AND INSECTS ARE CAP TURED FOR THE MOTION PICTURES: 124
• THE OBSTACLES ENCOUNTERED IN FILM ING ROYALTIES: 131
• FLORICULTURE BY MOTION PICTURES: 136
• WHAT MOVIE CAMERA OPERATORS HAVE TO UNDERGO: 139
• TAKING THE ANIMATED NEWSPAPER: 143
• MAKING CARTOONS FOR THE MOVIES: 147
• TAKING FILMS UNDER THE SEA: 150
• THE MOVIE SOLDIER AND His WORK: 154
• WAGING A MOVIE BATTLE ON THE EURO PEAN WARRING POWERS: 159
• THE MOVIE FIRING LINE IN ENGLAND: 168
• THE PRACTICAL SIDE OF FILMING THE EUROPEAN WAR: 173
• IN A FILM FACTORY: 176

Bibliographic information

• Title: Making the Movies
• Author: Ernest Alfred Dench
• Publisher: Macmillan, 1919
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Mar 4, 2009
• Length: 177 pages