Show Photoplay h Writers to Win Full ReWard By LOUELLA O. O PARSONS lIE latest argument and newest T struggle In n the photoplay field Is the ardent fight of ot the professional play play- Tights for tor the rights to the ionized versions of or their photoplays The authors o object to the thc use of or their stories b by various publications without remuneration Russell Smith one of or the to Jn founders erR of ot the fill hi- hi Photoplay Authors Authors' League and und a well- well known playwright ht makes this argument against mi luc such eh 1 publications The P PA IA L. L has inaugurated a friendly campaign campal 11 in order to Induce the thee various publications of ot stor story versions of or the photoplay photoplay photo photo- to- to play to pay par the photoplay author for the use of his plot in Its Us formAs formAs form As It stands now only In Iu an occasions occasional lonal 1 instance dO does 8 the author of the original photoplay ever er receive credit for the story tory y and In no care cae does he lie get et cash As a choice we gibe with old Omar who lilts Ay the cash cosh and let the credit go l' l but t we prefer and d deserve ere both i al The authors author's brain conceived the story He sells presumably only a n Photoplay not photoplay not nota ot a n fiction story story to to the manufacturer In Inthe Inthe the first place therefore where has the thc manufacturer t secured the right to sell sel or give he the tIle plot to 1 any nuy v magazine for fOl fiction fiction- lon purposes Of course e some m manu mu manufacturers manufacturers u- u may coyer that print In their rolease re ro release rolease ro- ro lease slips which the 1 author signs In hl n aJ any event the entire transaction l I is utterly unfair unfair un un- fair to the tho author Both the publications l Ji ons above c c referred to and the manufacturers are thus placing themselves in iii il the category r as ns' ns the tIle theman man who would take any magazine sto story y yand and from that plot construct a n play and sell it or produce It without compensation to the original author The fhe story Is the same In another form Thus It is with the photoplay r Ii The plot vlot is 19 conceived by one author produced by hy a manufacturer who pays for tor forthe forthe the privilege and ancI by another sort of or publisher who does docs not nay ay t tor for th the nt at privilege at least least l lie lie c doesn't pay ty the theauthor theauthor theauthor author of ot that plot He has tri id le pay m another an- an other author to it ft There are steps afoot to tov v promote an nn amicable settlement of this c but it will wUl not nob bo be bc smooth sailing saI ing However Ilowe tl times n s are nrc better better and and the manufacturer manufacturer recognizing u th the e absolute absolute good well- well constructed stories Is 16 really heartland soul s soul ul and antI p ck with the r real al writer w for tor life Uie leel reels The e uia pia magazines a while willing to 1 play pIny fair naturally dislike to pay pas more than they must But what hat will they do it if If they thet cannot get ct st stories rles from the manufacturers without with without out paying the author for the fictional rights If It it comes to to toan an issue will the manufacturer t favor yar bl his writers upon pon whom be depends for tor the stories of ot which he be makes mates pictures on or 01 the magazines of ot this character to wh whom m ho bo owes nothing but the obligation of ot recognizing their support sup sup- por port of ot his 1118 interests in a great many cases the photoplay author Is also a writer and seller of ot maga magazine zinc sine fiction and certainly he will 1 not allow his ma magazine l sales to be e killed by fiction fiction- izing In other r publications especially as ns asis is often otten the case If It it Is b badly done It Is a n well known n fact that the manufacturer manufacturer manu manes manu manu- who buys and produces the short stor story published in a magazine cannot allow the picture publications to 0 this Hils motion picture 4 t t t On Only a few years ago the photoplay photoplay- ny wright was not even mentioned on tho the screen Ills JIls part In the thc scenario was was' was was-so so ao remote that the public never lle heard beart of ot him Now he pe Is given ghen cle credit lt on the screen and t frequently on the advertising ad posters hung bung In front or orthe of the theaters It is the da day of the scenario writer lieis lie He Is now recognized as having as much power and ability es as s the short story or novel 1 writer lter or even even playwright Ills His successes arc are many and we c all say with every new ne victory he achieves in the In-the the commercializing of or Pus nis art More power to him |