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Loading... Breaking Into The Movies (edition 1921)by John Emerson (Author), Anita Loos (Author)
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The title is accurate to the content (unlike other books on this subject). The authors explain how the movie industry is set up, how the avenues of entry vary and can be accessed, outline what salaries are like, etc. One chapter is a complete primer on how to do make-up, including blackface, and what products to buy and how to achieve basic effects. For would-be actors, they suggest a necessary basic wardrobe as well. About half of the book consists of an entire movie continuity. The very format is fascinating to study. By modern standards, of course, the movie reads as a series of cliches (it helped established those cliches, after all) and is blatantly racist with its Banana Republic plot complete with Senior Frijole character and stereotypical mammy. Still, within the context of the time period it is a book packed with useful information, and it's certainly useful for my research needs a century later. ( )