The soul of the moving picture

by Walter Julius Bloem

NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
681 Fifth Avenue

Copyright, 1924
By E. P. Dutton & Company

All Rights Reserved

PRINTED IN THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

	PAGE
	Introduction	[ix]
CHAPTER
I.	Tools of the Trade	[1]
II.	Texts	[19]
III.	Tricks	[32]
IV.	The Scene	[40]
V.	The Setting	[72]
VI.	The Poet	[95]
VII.	The Compass of Poetry	[110]
VIII.	Film Adaptation	[144]
IX.	The Path to Art	[153]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

SCENE FROM
	The Nibelungs	[Frontispiece]
FIGURE	FACING PAGE
1	The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari	[6]
2	The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari	[14]
3	The Stone Rider	[20]
4	The Stone Rider	[28]
5	The Nibelungs	[34]
6	Destiny	[42]
7	The Children of Darkness	[48]
8	Algol	[60]
9	Dr. Mabuse: The Great Unknown	[64]
10	Golem	[70]
11	Golem	[78]
12	Destiny	[84]
13	Sumurun	[100]
14	Madame Dubarry	[108]
15	Anne Boleyn	[114]
16	Dr. Mabuse: The Great Unknown	[122]
17	A Doll’s House	[130]
18	Vögelöd Castle	[138]
19	Destiny	[146]
20	The Nibelungs	[152]
21	The Nibelungs	[160]

INTRODUCTION