Talk:James W. Horne

Accuracy challenge

Horne had his actors play their roles straight for the first three chapters—these would be the sample episodes used to sell the serial to exhibitors. Then, starting with Chapter 4, Horne would stray farther and farther from the straight melodramatic path, encouraging his actors to ham it up with overly dramatic readings, and staging ridiculous fight scenes (the hero would take on six thugs simultaneously and win).

None of this is true. No source is cited and watching the serials doesn't show that he didn't start to camp it up until chapter 4. Some serials have more humor than others. In The Green Archer Horne introduces comic relief characters in the first chapter and the actors who are hamming it up do it from the get go. They certainly don't wait until chapter four. The Shadow has less overt humor, but a big comic pratfall occurs at the start of chapter two. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.127.124.46 (talk • contribs) 18:02, 7 January 2016