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Trajectory presents classics of world literature with 21st century features! Our original-text editions include the following visual enhancements to foster a deeper understanding of the work: Word Clouds at the start of each chapter highlight important words. Word, sentence, paragraph counts, and reading time help readers and teachers determine chapter complexity. Co-occurrence graphs depict character-to-character interactions as well character to place interactions. Sentiment indexes show more identify positive and negative trends in mood within each chapter. Frequency graphs help display the impact this book has had on popular culture since its original date of publication. Use Trajectory analytics to deepen comprehension, to provide a focus for discussions and writing assignments, and to engage new readers with some of the greatest stories ever told. "The Moving Picture Girls: Or, First Appearances in Photo Dramas" is part of "The Moving Picture Girls" series. "The Moving Picture Girls" is a series about the adventures of Ruth and Alice DeVere who live with their father who is an actor. show lessTags
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This was written in 1914 and I feel very confident in saying that it was commissioned by a movie studio. It's main purpose is to convince you that movies aren't low or crass and that theatre actors are snobby and obnoxious about this wonderful new medium.
It's part of a short (four or five book) series, one of the innumerable girls 'adventure' series (more of those between 1900-1930 than in the last fifty years!). A stage actor loses his voice when he and his daughters are on the edge of being in the workhouse. His daughter Alice tries to bring up movies but he is a huge snoot until three tradesmen in succession cut off their credit (which he gets annoyed about, I HATED the father so much, "Yes we should starve rather than me degrade my show more art").
There's a very minor issue of a patent being stolen and the girls help thwart the crime but it's suuuper marginal compared to the main issue of talking about how the movie industry works! One of the stage-turned-movie actors in it is a former Shakespearean actor with the name Wellington Bunn which made me laugh every single time. show less
It's part of a short (four or five book) series, one of the innumerable girls 'adventure' series (more of those between 1900-1930 than in the last fifty years!). A stage actor loses his voice when he and his daughters are on the edge of being in the workhouse. His daughter Alice tries to bring up movies but he is a huge snoot until three tradesmen in succession cut off their credit (which he gets annoyed about, I HATED the father so much, "Yes we should starve rather than me degrade my show more art").
There's a very minor issue of a patent being stolen and the girls help thwart the crime but it's suuuper marginal compared to the main issue of talking about how the movie industry works! One of the stage-turned-movie actors in it is a former Shakespearean actor with the name Wellington Bunn which made me laugh every single time. show less
Another Gutenberg read on my lunch break at my desk....Not as immediately ridiculous, but full of superfun gender and class assumptions that make me giggle.
Another Gutenberg read on my lunch break at my desk....Not as immediately ridiculous, but full of superfun gender and class assumptions that make me giggle.
Dnf. Couldn’t get into this
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Laura Lee Hope is the pseudonym for Stratemeyer Syndicate ghost writers who happened to be assigned to write the Bobbsey Twins series at any given time. In 1904, Edward Stratemeyer wrote the first installment in the Bobbsey Twin series: The Bobbsey Twins, or Merry Days Indoor and Out. Mershon published it in 1904. A debate rages as to the show more authorship of books 2 and 3. They are traditionally attributed to Edward Stratemeyer, but other Bobbsey experts assert that Lilian C. Garis, wife of Stratemeyer writer, Howard R. Garis, wrote them. Lilian's husband, Howard R. Garis, wrote the Bobbsey Twins series from 1913 to 1935. He is responsible for books 4-28 and book 41. The series was completed by Harriet S. Adams (books 36-40, 42-48), Andrew E. Svenson (books 49-52), June M. Dunn (books 53-59), Grace Grote (books 60-67) and Nancy S. Axelrad (books 68-72). (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The Moving Picture Girls
- Original publication date
- 1914
- People/Characters
- Ruth DeVere; Alice DeVere
- Important places
- Oak Farm, New Jersey, USA
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Children's Books
- DDC/MDS
- 808 — Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism Rhetoric and collections of literary texts from more than two literatures
- LCC
- PZ7 .H772 .M68 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- Reviews
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- Languages
- English, Swedish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 12
- ASINs
- 5
