Which kinds of photoplay title does Sargent (1916) tell a writer to avoid (used, trite, generic, self-explanatory, misleading, preachy), and which of that is rule versus example?
Sargent lists titles to avoid: trite or old titles, 'The Story of' forms, titles opening with A, An or The (taboo at many companies), titles that give away the ending, titles that promise the wrong genre, and titles that preach. He says to avoid titles of copyrighted plays and cites three cases from his own knowledge, but also tells the writer not to worry about an accidental repeat because companies keep records of released titles. His rules and his title examples are separable; the figures and cases are his unsourced reports.
Sargent lists titles to avoid: trite or old titles, 'The Story of' forms, titles opening with A, An or The (taboo at many companies), titles that give away the ending, titles that promise the wrong genre, and titles that preach. He says to avoid titles of copyrighted plays and cites three cases from his own knowledge, but also tells the writer not to worry about an accidental repeat because companies keep records of released titles. His rules and his title examples are separable; the figures and cases are his unsourced reports.
Curator qualifications: Titles to avoid and copyright caution verified; cases are his reports.
Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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