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to individual projects by methods of studio supervision and production

management decisions.

A chief tactic of controlling the ownership and decision-making power

in fi lm production was to keep the various contributors to a project separate

Figure 7-4 In a script

conference, such as this one

with author Anita Loos in hat,

writers and the production

team may review a screenplay

for a variety of objectives,

whether they are dramatic,

creative, or commercial.

(Courtesy Photofest)

Figure 7-3 Maurice

Tourneur directing silent fi lm

actress Mary Pickford in The

Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)

from a script by Frances

Marion and Ralph Spence

with Lucien Andriot at the

camera. By this time, movies

used scripts like this one in

which the writers tailored

the story to suit its star.

(Courtesy Fort Lee Library)

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