1916

Articles from 1916

Scenario Writers and Plagiarism
(Motion Picture Magazine, 1916)

The attached is one from a series of articles that appeared in MOTION PICTURE MAGAZINE penned by a Hollywood insider during the high-fashion days of silent film. The reader will be alarmed to read that even as early as 1916, plot-stealing and other forms of Hollywood plagiarism were in full swing.


A few weeks earlier, a California Representative had introduced an anti-plagiarism bill to Congress.


Click here to read about the Hollywood plagiarism game of 1935.

The Action-Back Jacket for the Golfing Man
(Vanity Fair Magazine, 1916)

Those young bucks who golfed and participated in other field and blood-sports during the early Twentieth Century were the lads who benefited most from the tailor’s craft. Pictured here are details of the pivot-sleeve (later to be called the ‘action-back’): a four button, deep-vented, self-belted, pleated golf jacket with matching knickers.

Also featured is a terribly natty English cheviot golf hat.

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