ELLA CINDERS MOVIE

Head of production John McCormick produced the film, and cast his wife as Ella Cinders, who only happened to be a leading star of the 1920s, Colleen Moore. First National (Warner Bros.) felt the popular daily strip would provide a guaranteed return on its recognition factor alone. These jobs not only gave him contact with stars and studios, but gave him the idea to turn his comic strip “Cinderella in the Movies” into a real movie. Conselman was surprised how easy devising intertitles was for him: just like writing comic-strip dialog balloons.

ELLA CINDERS MOVIE

Silent movie intertitles either contained dialogue, or explained the action. Farnham on the movie “Bright Lights” writing intertitles. Wanting an insider’s view of filmmaking, MGM let Conselman assist Joseph W. Widespread interest in Hollywood soon had the Ella Cinders strip carried by papers nation-wide. He also found inspiration in the movies themselves, using cinematic devices in his comic strip. He knew plot and dialog from his childhood in Vaudeville and musicals, and the stageplays of his parents –actors Harry and Mary– whose biggest hit was the 1904-05 Klaw & Erlanger production of “Mother Goose.” The theater life had made his childhood a living fairy tale, transformed on stage into anything one imagined. They were an inside look at Hollywood and movie making, filled with humor and drama.Ĭonselman had written or edited numerous articles on filmmaking. Conselman’s plotlines went well beyond mere parody of the familiar tale. Conselman’s fascination with Hollywood filmmaking led him to create a modern “Cinderella in the Movies” comic strip in 1925, with employee Charles Plumb illustrating and Conselman writing.Ĭonselman loved a play-on-words, and reversed the name Cinder-Ella into “Ella Cinders,” for the wise-cracking heroine. _ of Bengal (body of water by India) crossword clue report this adDisclaimerĪll intellectual property rights in and to Crosswords are owned by The Crossword's Publisher.William Conselman settled in California in 1920 as Features Editor for the Los Angeles Times.Reed of the Velvet Underground crossword clue.'Eine' in another language crossword clue.Ship-to-ship communication crossword clue.Volcanic output that can be 2,000Â☏ crossword clue.'Big Three' conference site crossword clue.'_ from My Father,' Barack Obama's autobiography which was republished when he became US President crossword clue.Former 'SNL' regular Gasteyer crossword clue.Name that's also a gemstone crossword clue.Source of oil from the sea crossword clue.Sail holder … or sale holder? crossword clue.Garb for blending in, for short crossword clue.Worker in a tunnel, maybe crossword clue.Vermeer painted a girl with a pearl one crossword clue.Things worth waiting for crossword clue.Two-sword warriors of old crossword clue.Mammal that hangs upside-down crossword clue.Cola or root beer, for example crossword clue.'_ Be Gone in the Dark' (Michelle McNamara book) crossword clue.Baseball Hall of Famer Campanella crossword clue.Weighed unscientifically crossword clue.Words between 'chicken' and 'king' crossword clue.'_ you even a little curious?' crossword clue.Missouri city, for shortend crossword clue.It means ''surrounding'' crossword clue.Center of some comparisons crossword clue.'Walden' writer Henry David _ crossword clue.

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