Excerpt from Behind the Motion Picture Screen: How the Scenario Writer, Director, Cameraman, Scene Painter and Carpenter, Laboratory Man, Art Director, Properly Man, Electrician, Projector Operator and Others Contribute Their Share of Work Toward the Realization of the Wonderful Photoplays of Today; A
N preparing this work the author has endeavored to steer a literary course midway between the deeply technical books intended for those actively engaged in the motion-picture industry, and the popular works written for those seeking entertain ment rather than information. Both those classes of works have their missions and perform them most admirably, to be sure. But for the film devotee of a more serious turn of mind who would ask pertinent questions and expect understandable answers con cerning what takes place behind the motion-picture screen, and who would be unable or unwilling to turn to the technical volumes with their formidable ver biage, this book has been written with the fondest hopes that it will fulfill a long-felt want.
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