FILMING MYSTERY STORIES
MORE DIFFICULT THAN WRITING It i.*f more difficult to film a deter- ; tive story than to write one. due to the fact that, eacli clue that leads up to the solution must be more honestly and more logically dealt with in the film than in book form. That is the opinion of Bartlett Cormaek, noted playwright, who wrote the screen story . ■ ■ ■ ■ for Paramount’s
lor Farumount s new mystery talkie, “The Benson Murder Case,” starring William Powell. “The average reader, hurrying through a chapter, either because he is interested or bored, misses many of the points that he would be quick to see if they were presented to him pictorially, or if he could hear them/’
could hear them.” i says Cormack. 'lf the detective mysj terv novel or picture is honest, it will ] *resent each clue that leads up to i the ultimate solution of the crime, i "In other words. The public should : bo in on everything that the detective j is in on and will have an opportunity I etiuai ia 'uik te aaka Ua
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 965, 7 May 1930, Page 15
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