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The Art Of the Photoplay, F. II. Ball.
Since the motion picture drama has
reached the point where more than
seven million Americans attend the
movies daily, there has grown
demand for well written, original
photo-plays dealing with connie,
tragic, historical, educational and NOR
al themes knowledge on the follow
ing points is absolutely essential TO
and produced through the progressive
stages Of the studio and outdoor work;
its essentials; the technical needs of |
companies, and the drawing and sell |
ing power of various kinds of motion |
picture plays and how to sell the |
themes to the best companies This
suggestive little book aims to impart |
this knowledge simply, honestly and
with absolute practicality.' - adapt |
ed from the preface.)
Writing the Photoplay, J. B. Esenwein
and A. Leeds.
One of the most useful and compre-
hensive books on the theory and prac-
tice of photoplay construction. IT
notes the qualifications necessary for
a successful writer, points out the es-
sential elements of the photoplay, tells
how to gather ideas for plots, has a
chapter on censored themes, and most
important of all tells how to market
the photoplay script. The author gives
in the appendix a list of books deal
ing with plot in fiction, and one giving
helpful books on photoplay writing.
Arcadian Adventures with the Idle
Rich, Stephen Leacock.
\ book bubbling over with fun at the
wea knesses and foibles of society, get
touched with irony and satire Mr..
| Leacoek is a professor of economies in
McGill university in Montreal; he
could write learnedly and ponderously
on the subject of the FIdle Rich but
he chooses humor as the most effective
way to present his ideas.
| Dramatic Games and Dances for Lit
tie Children, Caroline Crawford
/ A collection of games and dances for
young children in which the dramatic
element is emphasized. Many Of Gle
games in this collection are taken al
rectly from children 5 plots and
stories, others represent incidents that
sometimes happen both at home and al
school, while others are related tC
literature IN use in the schools anC
have an artistic value. The following
is list of the plays and dances baseC
on the literature used in the maJor.t
of schools; Hiawatha-The FREELY
Dance and the Lullaby; Uncle Rcmus-
The Little Rabbits; Alice in Wonder
land-The Lobster Quadrille; Pinnochit
The Marionettes Dance; Old Foil
and Fairy Tales-The Sleeping Beaut,
and the Shoemaker; Poems-I HAY,
Little Shadow, Shadow Dance
Leaves at Play-Daneing Leaves.
Dutch and Flemish Furniture, Esthe
Singleton.
Miss Singleton has treated her sub
ject scientifically and exhaustively an,
at the same time made it most inter
esting. She has traced the develop
ment of the Decorative Arts of tn
Low Countries through the middl
ages, the Burgundian period, the Re
Nuisance, the seventeenth century, I'll
eighteenth century, down to our ow
time. The illustrations are from tn
great masters of design, De Nries. Va
de Passe, Marot and others. The Dutc
: interiors are from the famous picture
of the Fgreat and little masters :
Jan Steen, Teniers, Rembrandt, Co,
ques, Metsu, Macs, Terburg, Don, Va
! Hoogstraten and others
Fighting in Flanders, A. Powell.
Written by the correspondent of til
New York World while the events wer
still sharp and clear in his memor,
and who frankly declares himself t
, be pro-Belgian. We quote from hi
foreword to give the scope of til
/ | book: 81 hope that those in search G
} a detailed or technical account of til
campaign in Flanders will not rea
this book, because they are certain I
be disappointed. 1t contains nothin
about strategy or tactics and few mi
itary lessons can be drawn from i
$ 1t is merely the story, in simple words
4 of what ], professional onlooker, VIII
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