The Theatre of Science: A Volume of Progress and Achievement in the Motion Picture Industry |
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Page 108 - Vital art work comes always from a cross between art and life." The art of the picture is to convey an impression of absolute realism in a manner artistic. The theatrical stage manager has been proven to be utterly useless in picture production until he has unlearned all
Page 78 - The motion picture, although a growth of only a few years, is boundless in its scope, and endless in its possibilities. The whole world is its stage, and time without end its limitations.
Page 108 - Picturedom is looked upon by many as the New Eldorado. Many misguided fools are rushing in where experienced angels fear to tread. Many theatrical concerns are now "going into the moving picture business" and they blithely announce their intention to uplift the motion picture and show the public some real stage productions done in pictures.
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Page 108 - and the public under the magic "movie" name. Many royalties are being promised that will never be paid, and of many of these cardboard houses, great will be the fall thereof. "A word to the wise is sometimes money in pocket.