# Which kinds of title does Chapter VII tell a photoplay writer to avoid (used, give-away, hackneyed, over-general, offensive), which statements are the authors' rules, quoted third-party rules or examples, and what exceptions do they allow?

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The authors list titles to avoid: commonplace and uninteresting ones, titles that give away the plot (also How/Why openings, with an exception), overworked quotations or mottoes, baldly alliterative titles, name titles for original stories (unless one character dominates), worn one-word titles, and categories borrowed from Esenwein's short-story book (gloomy, trite, newspapery, fantastic, anecdotal, sentimental, repellent). On used titles they quote Cowell and Sargent (a used title is 'bad', plot duplication is worse), report same-title releases, say many companies re-use good titles anyway, and say published fiction and play titles are 'not the lawful prey' of the photoplaywright, naming no statute or case. Two assignment words have no rule in the chapter: 'offensive' (the nearest is 'repellent' as a taste category) and 'misleading' (the nearest is give-away and 'inappropriate').

The authors list titles to avoid: commonplace and uninteresting ones, titles that give away the plot (also How/Why openings, with an exception), overworked quotations or mottoes, baldly alliterative titles, name titles for original stories (unless one character dominates), worn one-word titles, and categories borrowed from Esenwein's short-story book (gloomy, trite, newspapery, fantastic, anecdotal, sentimental, repellent). On used titles they quote Cowell and Sargent (a used title is 'bad', plot duplication is worse), report same-title releases, say many companies re-use good titles anyway, and say published fiction and play titles are 'not the lawful prey' of the photoplaywright, naming no statute or case. Two assignment words have no rule in the chapter: 'offensive' (the nearest is 'repellent' as a taste category) and 'misleading' (the nearest is give-away and 'inappropriate').

Curator qualifications: Titles to avoid, with quoted authorities separated. The 'lawful prey' claim cites no law and is not legal guidance.

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