What did Sargent claim about the 1916 market for freelance photoplay scripts, with which numbers, and on what stated basis?
All of Sargent's market statements in Chapter I are his unverified statements. Numbers are few: film lengths 1896 and 1903; outside ideas paid two to ten dollars; an advertised '$10 to $100'; and a recollection that five-dollar cheques were once uncommon. Two price statements sit in tension (paid two to ten dollars vs a ten-dollar payment being a curiosity), and the paragraph's dates (1908 vs 1909-1910) do not run in order. The only attributed outside voice is an undated letter from Frank E. Woods. No figures on sales volume, studio counts, acceptance rates or a 1916 pay level appear in the span.
All of Sargent's market statements in Chapter I are his unverified statements. Numbers are few: film lengths 1896 and 1903; outside ideas paid two to ten dollars; an advertised '$10 to $100'; and a recollection that five-dollar cheques were once uncommon. Two price statements sit in tension (paid two to ten dollars vs a ten-dollar payment being a curiosity), and the paragraph's dates (1908 vs 1909-1910) do not run in order. The only attributed outside voice is an undated letter from Frank E. Woods. No figures on sales volume, studio counts, acceptance rates or a 1916 pay level appear in the span.
Curator qualifications: Market numbers, price tension and date order verified; the one outside voice is an attributed letter (person not recorded here).
Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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