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...subsequent statement by the company announced that further production of pictures would be halted, after a few " feature films " now in process of production had been completed, and valued at $15,000,000. The treasurer declared that no particular change in earnings was expected, nor any new policy relating to dividends. The halting of production for several months will enable the company to avoid carrying over large inventories in new film...
...reason for the shut-down was stated to be the abnormal present costs of production, due to excessive salaries paid to " film stars" and directors. According to Marcus Loew, head of Metro Pictures Corporation and of the Loew Theatre Circuit, this step is only a beginning of a general deflation of the cinema business; he added: " The cost of making pictures has got away from...
...diffuse of dramatic transposition. There are central characters in superfluity. The King figures in the spotlight but he is too ancient for throbbing sentiment. Accordingly, Sir Kenneth, Knight of the Leopard, is included to play foil for Lady Edith Plantagenet. An amazing trick dog is present. Many hundreds of film feet are devoted to the Sultan Saladin, Saracen opponent of Richard in the Third Crusade. The scene is Palestine...
...Sarazen Film" (with slow motion, showing the famous golfer in action...
Though large quantities of truck are still delivered by the movie moving vans, 20 years have brought us The Covered Wagon and Little Old New York. Almost every hamlet has a good film once a week. These things should prompt praise as well as pity. In many aspects the progress of the movies is miraculous rather than ridiculous...