The Miracle of Modern Photography - D. W. Griffith

THE MENTOR
July 1, 1921
Vol. 9 No. 6
W. D. MOFFAT, Editor
RUTH W. THOMPSON, Assistant Editor
Published monthly by The Crowell Publishing Company, 381 Fourth Ave., New York, NY

Special Issue of the Mentor provides in-depth coverage of Motion Pictures, The Miracle of Modern Photography - a glimpse into the beginings of film making in the early 1920s.

Table of Contents

1. An Historic Moment In Motion Pictures
   D. W. Griffith
2. The Miracle of Modern Photography By D. W. Griffith
   1. Introduction To Motion Pictures
   2. Vision The Primal Function
   3. Science and Invention
   4. The First "Movie Show"
   5. The Editing Process
3. In And About The Studio
4. The Author And Motion Pictures
5. In The Land Of Make Believe
6. The Scenic Background
   By Hugo Ballin
7. Scenery That Acts
8. Dramatist And The Photoplay
   By Henry Arthur Jones
9. Fiction Writers and Scenarios
   By Rupert Hughes
10. The Author And The Film
    By Rex Beach
11. The Camera As A Reporter
    By Herbert E. Hancock
12. Making The Program
    By S. L. Rothafel
13. "Films Beat Books," Says Edison
14. "Give Me Liberty or Death!"
15. A Picture That Stirred A Nation - Spirit of '76
16. History of the American Rocking Chair
17. Last Words Of Famous People
18. The Open Letter on Screen Motion Pictures
    By W. D. Moffat, Editor
    
19. Odds and Ends - Graflex Camera

MOTION PICTURES
THE MIRACLE OF MODERN PHOTOGRAPHY
Finn Haakon Froelich, an eminent Western sculptor, modeling one of the decorations used in a mammoth film spectacle. This is an example of how artists are called in to beautify and dignify motion pictures.