THE PRICE OF FAME
INTRODUCER OF 16mm FILM NOW STARVING In a recent American paper, Julius Singer—a big picture name, in its day and generation—relates how he became associated with Carl Laemmle when the latter first entered the movies.
“Eventually,” he says, "I blossomed forth with an idea to revolutionise the industry—l6mm. pictures. And then the storm broke! ‘This crazy guy,’ they said, ‘is trying to shake the foundations of our business.’ Trade papers carried banner headings like this: —‘Are Home Movies a Box-office Menace?”
Thus was Singer squelched. “The world.” he adds, "now knows how this ‘crazy’ scheme of mine has developed, and is developing. To-day I am in the unbelievable position of starving or getting work. I prefer to work. Will anyone give me a break?” Singer’s experience, of course, is just another instance of the ups and downs—the romances and tragedies—of the great picture game.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 15 April 1939, Page 4
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