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The Scenario Writer (1913) Online

The Scenario Writer (1913) Online
Original Title :
The Scenario Writer
Genre :
Movie / Short / Comedy
Year :
1913
Type :
Movie
Rating :
6.5/10

Brown is a scenario writer. Bills come in and he has to get an idea quickly. His brain won't work and putting on coat and hat he strolls out of the house in quest of inspiration. Lighting a... See full summary

The Scenario Writer (1913) Online

Brown is a scenario writer. Bills come in and he has to get an idea quickly. His brain won't work and putting on coat and hat he strolls out of the house in quest of inspiration. Lighting a stogie, he stands on the curb thinking. He buys a newspaper and sees an item relating to a would-be burglar whose tender heart impels him to turn doctor and save the child of his intended victim. This strikes Brown as good stuff and he hurries home to commit it to paper. A little later he issues forth, the scenario completed, and visits the Majestic Picture Company, on the stage of which he is greeted by the director, who buys his scenario. The picture is taken and put on at one of the local theaters. Meanwhile numerous other scenario writers get hold of the same idea in one way or another and immediately after the performance of Brown's play put in a claim of ownership. They all meet on the stage of the Majestic and a general fight ensues, each claiming the idea as his own. The property men turn ...


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Here is a comedy with some new features of interest. The morning paper carries an item which the scenario writer makes use of immediately, for his plot. A moving picture within a moving picture is shown, indicating the way in which the story is built up. When it finally appears about thirty other scenario writers claim they saw the idea in the paper first. Some amusement in this. - The Moving Picture World, November 15, 1913