Word: celluloid
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...exhibition. A sign, "Keep off the Tapestry," warned spectators off the Navajo rug on the graveled floor. A square white column, carefully off-center, held up the roof. The rear wall consisted of a sheet of plate glass end-on to the room, an "S"-shaped strip of celluloid, all against a background of awning stripes. A little red balloon hung in front. A rug-covered box served as divan. Two cups and saucers lay on a stool-a home-like touch...
Tarnish. When $70,000 changed masters for the screen rights to Gilbert Emery's play, savants of the celluloid wondered. What would the censors...
Lily of the Dust. The German. Hermann Sudermann, cornered considerable applause when he wrote The Song of Songs. Later, Edward Sheldon brought it to life behind the footlights. In the natural course of events, its next metamorphosis was into celluloid. Famous Players were the alchemists ; Pola Negri the heroine; and Lily of the Dust the title...
George Eastman, besides his Kodak,* makes a large part of the celluloid film of the cinema...
...Gest in Oh, Lady, Lady of glorious memory. If memory serves, Miss Binney left the comparatively secure precincts of Philadelphia society to become a dancer. After demonstrating her competence as noted above, she took a dip in drama 'with 39 East and has since been distributing her efforts in celluloid form, canned...