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The Art Of The Moving Picture

CHAPTER IX
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Let them take on motion without losing their charm of low relief, or their serene composition within the four walls of the frame.

As for the motion, let it be a further extension of the drawing.

Let every gesture be a bolder but not less graceful brush-stroke.
The Metropolitan Museum has a Van Dyck that appeals equally to one's sense of beauty and one's feeling for humor.

It is a portrait of James Stuart, Duke of Lennox, and I cannot see how the author-producer-photographer can look upon it without having it set his imagination in a glow.

Every small town dancing set has a James like this.


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