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Million Dollar Photo Play Developed From 150 Words
A. Gardner Sullivan, co author with Thomas H Ince of Civilization, discusses writing the groundbreaking photo play. Sullivan, a Stillwater Minnesota native, rose from a cub reporter to screenwriter and helped create Ince's Triangle program. He wrote the first synopsis in about three hours, prompting a one million dollar investment. The piece notes Thelma Safer, child star of Thos H Ince’s cinema spectacle, her Los Angeles birth in 1909, and her activities and roles.
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A. Gardner Sullivan
Thomas H. Ince
Vir. Sullivan
Stillwater
Minn
University of
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Washington
New Orleans
New York
Hearst
New York Evening Journal
Journal
Sullivan
Edison Studios
New York Motion Picture Corporation
Ince
Triangle
Mr. Sullivan
Laiger
Inceville
San Diego
Thelma Safer
Thos
H.ince
George B. Beban
W. 8. Hart