The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 128Atlantic Monthly Company, 1921 - American essays |
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... play may be a step down for some , where it is a step up for others ; but I am cynical enough to believe that , if a generation feels like stepping down , it will do so . The undergraduates of Princeton , for example ( so I have been ...
... play may be a step down for some , where it is a step up for others ; but I am cynical enough to believe that , if a generation feels like stepping down , it will do so . The undergraduates of Princeton , for example ( so I have been ...
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... plays . The dramatized novel does not , for that matter , usually make a good play on the real stage . The technique is other ; the same points must be differ- ently made and differently led up to . There are exceptions , of course ...
... plays . The dramatized novel does not , for that matter , usually make a good play on the real stage . The technique is other ; the same points must be differ- ently made and differently led up to . There are exceptions , of course ...
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... play ; or that any good book can be made into a good film . I do not mean by this that the material of screen plays is restricted . I do not think it is , any more than that of any other genre . But I believe that there is still a great ...
... play ; or that any good book can be made into a good film . I do not mean by this that the material of screen plays is restricted . I do not think it is , any more than that of any other genre . But I believe that there is still a great ...
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... play . It is only when you stare into their tearful or triumph- ant faces , made colossal , that they all become alike . It may be that make- up has something to do with it . But the fault is there . The men are nearly as bad , but not ...
... play . It is only when you stare into their tearful or triumph- ant faces , made colossal , that they all become alike . It may be that make- up has something to do with it . But the fault is there . The men are nearly as bad , but not ...
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... play must gather up its action into a few set scenes , the movie can show life in flux- people going naturally about their appointed ways , as , in the world , people do . I used to think , when I was new to film plays , that the ...
... play must gather up its action into a few set scenes , the movie can show life in flux- people going naturally about their appointed ways , as , in the world , people do . I used to think , when I was new to film plays , that the ...
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