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Introduction -- Beginnings, 1880-1912. Stage apprenticeship -- Starting in films -- Making a reputation, 1912-1915. The job of a producer -- Establishing a studio -- Innovations, 1914-1917. Generic experimentation -- The prescient failure -- Paramount, 1917-1921. A fresh start -- The star series -- World War I and specials -- The perils of an independent, 1919-1924. Associated producers, 1919-1921 -- The inevitable merger, 1921-1922 -- War with First National, 1922 -- The studio resumes production, 1922-1923 -- Case study of a production and its personnel: Her reputation, 1922-1923 -- Initial distribution beyond First National, 1923 -- At the crossroads, 1923-1924 -- The steady hum ofindependent production, 1924 -- Epilogue |