Motion Pictures, Before They Learned to Talk

Three of the books on this CD are non-fiction works about motion pictures. The other 13 books are fiction with a motion picture theme. All were published before 1923 -- the era of the silent movie.

Intended for use with PCs (Windows or Linux) and recent Macs (OS X), our books are in plain-text format, not audio or video. You read them on your computer screen.

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Table of Contents

Non-Fiction

• The Art of the Moving Picture by Vachel Lindsay, 1915, revised in 1922
• The Photoplay, a Psychological Study by Hugo Muensterberg, 1916
• Writing the Photoplay by J. Berg Esenwein, 1913

Fiction

• The Boy Scouts with the Motion Picture Players by Robert Shaler
• The Film Mystery by Arthur Reeve
• Merton of the Movies by Harry Leon Wilson
• The Moving Picture Boys at Panama or Stirring Adventures Along the Great Canal by Victor Appleton, 1915
• The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front or the Hunt for the Stolen Army films by Victor Appleton, 1918
• The Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm or Queer Happenings While Taking Rural Plays by Laura Lee Hope, 1914
• The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch or Great Days Among the Cowboys by Laura Lee Hope, 1914
• The Moving Picture Girls at Sea or a Pictured Shipwreck that Became Real by Laura Lee Hope, 1915
• The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays or The Sham Battles at Oak Farm by Laura Lee Hope, 1916
• The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound or The Proof on the Film by Laura Lee Hope, 1914
• The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms or Lost in the Wilds of Florida by Laura Lee Hope, 1914
• The Moving Picture Girls or First Appearances in Photo Dramas by Laura Lee Hope, 1914
• Ruth Fielding in Moving Pictures or Helping the Dormitory Fund by Alice B. Emerson, 1916
• Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest or The Indian Girl Star of the Movies by Alice B. Emerson, 1921
• Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera or Thrilling Adventures While Taking Moving Pictures by Victor Appleton