S 218

CHAPTER XIII--THE PHOTOPLAY STAGE AND ITS
PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS 245

CHAPTER XIV--HOW TO GATHER IDEAS FOR
PLOTS 255

CHAPTER XV--WHAT YOU CANNOT WRITE 267

CHAPTER XVI--WHAT YOU SHOULD NOT
WRITE 282

CHAPTER XVII--WHAT YOU SHOULD WRITE 304

CHAPTER XVIII--THE TREATMENT OF COMEDY 324

CHAPTER XIX--GETTING THE NEW TWIST 347

CHAPTER XX--COMPLETE FIVE-REEL PHOTOPLAY
SCRIPT--"EVERYBODY'S GIRL" 363

CHAPTER XXI--MARKETING THE PHOTOPLAY
SCRIPT 408

APPENDIX A 416

APPENDIX B 417

GENERAL INDEX 418

List of Illustrations

The Lasky Studio of the Famous Players-Lasky
Corporation, Hollywood, California Frontispiece

Page

Producing a Big Scene in the Selig Yard

Film-Drying Room in a Film Factory 8

Essanay Producing Yard; Two Interior Sets
Being Arranged for a Historical Drama

Players Waiting for their Cues in the Glass-Enclosed
Selig Studio 58

Paint Frame on Which Scenery is Painted

Checking "Extras" Used in Rex Beach's Photodrama,
"The Brand" 108

View of Stage, Lubin Studio, Los Angeles, California

Wardrobe Room in a Photoplay Studio 158

The Reception of King Robert of Sicily by His
Brother, the Pope

Same Set, with Players Getting Ready for Action 208

William S. Hart with Part of His Supporting
Company

Harry Beaumont Directing Fight Scene in "A
Man and His Money" 258

Arrangement of Electric Lights in a Photoplay
Studio

An Actor's Dressing Room in the Selig Studio 308

Preparing to Take Three Scenes at Once in a
Daylight Studio 358

CHAPTER I

WHAT IS A PHOTOPLAY?

As its title indicates, this book aims to teach the theory and
practice of photoplay construction. This we shall attempt by first
pointing out its compon