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Word: starlet (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Embryonic screen writers were told that a screen story to be successful must contain the stock formula of "Boy meets girl". Studio executives, she said, assign writers to build such stories around a star, a baby starlet, 100 beauty contest winners, a song, or somebody's wife's hat. You must be able to tell the director your story in one sentence, she warned, or it will not be considered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FILM WRITER REVEALS WAY TO MOVIE SUCCESS | 4/22/1938 | See Source »

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