How to Write Moving Picture Plays
Cincinnati: Atlas Publishing Company, 1914. Revised edition. Hardcover. 4to. 26 (12) (6). 12 pp. of a sample photoplay, 6 pp. of advertisements. Blue cloth binding. Corners bumped. Wear to head and tail of spine. Water staining to front and back covers, not affecting text. Some pages with light age marks. Hinges cracked. Book is publisher's serial number 2556. The revised edition with Atlas' Prominent Film-Producing Companies list laid in. Binding in fair to poor, interior in overall very good condition.
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Several other items laid in, as well. A staple-bound copy of Edward M. Brennan's "The Photo-Play." Printed on letter-sized paper in typeface, this is a brief treatise on photoplaywriting. Also laid in are three yellow Members Identification Certificates. The tickets are stamped No. 498, and dated Sep 16, 1920. "The holder of this coupon is entitled to all special help of The Producers League in adiing members in writing and placing of their plays into the hands of the producing companies...for one year." Also laid in is a brown letter envelope that contains three typed pages of Jacob J. Lewis, who lists himself as a Los Angeles PhotoPlaywight. The three pages are a synopsis for a screenplay entitled "His Brother's Confession." g. Item #9506
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