# What qualities does Sargent (1916) say make a good photoplay title (curiosity, sentiment, fluency, signalling the style), and which parts are his claims versus his examples?

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- updated: 2026-10-23T17:38:00.023Z
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Sargent wants a title that raises a question without giving away the answer (curiosity), or appeals through understated sentiment, that is easy to say aloud, and that signals the picture's style (comedy titles should be funny). He suggests reading candidates aloud. The curiosity, rhythm and sentiment points are his reasoning with his own invented examples; the sole commercial evidence is one unnamed exchange buying six extra prints.

Sargent wants a title that raises a question without giving away the answer (curiosity), or appeals through understated sentiment, that is easy to say aloud, and that signals the picture's style (comedy titles should be funny). He suggests reading candidates aloud. The curiosity, rhythm and sentiment points are his reasoning with his own invented examples; the sole commercial evidence is one unnamed exchange buying six extra prints.

Curator qualifications: Curiosity/sentiment/read-aloud reasoning verified; one unnamed sales anecdote.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://archive.org/stream/techniqueofphoto00sarg/techniqueofphoto00sarg_djvu.txt",
      "note": "sar.flat (a3cff7eb) offsets per candidate; sar.flat spot checks"
    }
  ]
}
```

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- [sourced_fact] Sargent wants a title that raises a question without giving away the answer (curiosity), or appeals through understated sentiment, that is easy to say aloud, and that signals the picture's style (comedy titles should be funny). He suggests reading candidates aloud. The curiosity, rhythm and sentiment points are his reasoning with his own invented examples; the sole commercial evidence is one unnamed exchange buying six extra prints. · locator: sar.flat (a3cff7eb) offsets per candidate; sar.flat spot checks · source: https://archive.org/stream/techniqueofphoto00sarg/techniqueofphoto00sarg_djvu.txt

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